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[realists]

Hollowed out.

[wittingly]

most likely
all minerals
natural gasses
I'll be shocked if they don't rip the fucking trees out of the ground by the end, but their focus has been metal structures so far
anything that can be foraged for their fleet

then just a shell left for anyone unfortunate enough to still be alive by then

[realists]

I've seen planets like that. Tyranny as peace, debt systems no one can find their way out of, forced labor from prisoners, planets stipped bare and abandoned when they can't offer anything else.

[wittingly]

sounds like either we share a neighbor or the broad universe is exactly as irredeemably cruel as humanity has historically been to itself

[realists]

Our problem was the government. They called themselves the Empire, kept their power by oppressing anyone that spoke up, truly spectacular propaganda that painted their opponents as terrorists.

You can see why I'm not fond of the UN.

We can fix this world.

[wittingly]

I can see your motivation

as long as there's a world to fix, sure, whatever it takes to keep that going

[realists]

Good.

Thanks.