“You cannot democratize space when you have not democratized Earth.” @shannonmstirone with the take of the day on Bezos’ trip to space:

Jul 20, 2021 · 11:48 PM UTC

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#Bezos said his rockets will blast Earth's pollutants into space. Nonsensical. Just a stupid PR quote. So, Earth keeps manufacturing pollutants, so that his rockets can dump them in space? And he keeps building and blasting rockets into space which cause climate change. 🙄
You cannot democratize America when you have not democratized Great Britain.
Someone is struggling to understand what Space really is. Democratization of Space? Seriously? Space. This is what you are worried about? No regard for the advancement of humanity and science? Sounds more like your ego is the problem. Jealous much?
What a powerful answer and quote. Thank you Shannon.
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You can't democratize space because that's not what the word democratize means.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow
Although I don't agree here with @shannonmstirone, I appreciate her civil responses. I don't think we can learn or change without respectful consideration of other viewpoints.
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Talk of democracy is a non sequitur in this case. It's more practical than that. There is no place for anyone to go in space. It's not point-to-point aviation. The metaphors we are hearing are all wrong. These stunts are about putting on a show, not going anywhere to do anything.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow
Extremely ignorant, jealous and resentful brat (towards white men that unlike her, have achieved something great in their lives), @shannonmstirone tries to get attention by talking non-sense and writing leftist crap pamphlets full of BS and void of any solid objective argument.