This is a thought experiment that came up just now
Historically, global powers have meddled with the internal affairs of smaller countries and regions, hurting their chances for peace and stability. Sometimes it was for profit, sometimes it was to maintain or shift the balance of power in their favour.
What if that applies even further out, and part of the reason why we can’t work towards something collectively is because it threatens those same incentives above? Alternatively, if it hasn’t happened yet, it could still be something to keep in mind as a future possibility.
Now before they realize we’re onto them and decide to pay us a visit:
- If the reason for the meddling is that a united humanity could pose a threat, it doesn’t have to. As smaller regions on earth achieved peace and understanding, they could then start working on that with larger regions. So progress doesn’t have to end with a united humanity.
- Please don’t.
Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 11 months ago
When ever one human culture fucked over another it was because they has something the invaders wanted.
Aliens haven't visited earth for the simple reason that if there are civs advanced enough to travel interstellar distances, something that is impossible with our current understanding of physics, there is nothing we naked apes have that they would want or need.
ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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otter@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Good point
The meddling usually doesn’t happen from an entity the smaller group doesn’t know about. The meddling might be done secretly, but the incentive to meddle was something everyone knew about
Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 11 months ago
Yep. Basically every alien invasion story is a retelling of human colonialism but replacing the less advanced people with Earth and the more advanced with Aliens.
There is nothing on earth, resource wise, that cannot be found in every star with a planetary system in the galaxy.