Constant territorial expansion is the only way Capitalism can comfortably perpetuate itself. It creates a nice thicc layer of middle income petit bourgeois to keep do the bourgeoisie's bidding, and that middle strata is the basis of the American mindset. It was created out of westward expansion and continued through imperialist expansion but it's reached an end, so moving on to the stars seems like the next rational step. SciFi is brimming with le ebic space colonization narratives because of this settler mindset.
Keep thinking about this thic layer of middle income class thing. There is a popular tweet yesterday quoting a gallop poll saying among registered voters 50% something feel their life is getting better than 4 years ago. It seems absurd, esp. during a fucking pandemic, but, Twitter replies miss the “registered voter” part, which spilled all the secret source: they are the ultimate consumer of the election reality TV show, the culture war, the American Protestantism settler ideology, consuming the American dream until the last drop.
Constant territorial expansion is the only way Capitalism can comfortably perpetuate itself. It creates a nice thicc layer of middle income petit bourgeois to keep do the bourgeoisie's bidding, and that middle strata is the basis of the American mindset. It was created out of westward expansion and continued through imperialist expansion but it's reached an end, so moving on to the stars seems like the next rational step. SciFi is brimming with le ebic space colonization narratives because of this settler mindset.
space. the final frontier
frontier.
manifest destiny mindset intensifies
Keep thinking about this thic layer of middle income class thing. There is a popular tweet yesterday quoting a gallop poll saying among registered voters 50% something feel their life is getting better than 4 years ago. It seems absurd, esp. during a fucking pandemic, but, Twitter replies miss the “registered voter” part, which spilled all the secret source: they are the ultimate consumer of the election reality TV show, the culture war, the American Protestantism settler ideology, consuming the American dream until the last drop.