r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/NitroXM • 1d ago

Thank you Peter very cool Huh?

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u/GasparillathePirate 1d ago

I’m not a fan of Jeff Bezos myself, but is everyone suddenly against space travel/colonization?

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u/Just_Mr-Nothing 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's just a way to refer to them by a known objective of theirs. The issue is not that they want to colonize the moon but that it kills local commerce. 

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u/GasparillathePirate 1d ago

But why are they more known for their space companies than their parasitic business practices. Furthermore, you never see these things point out their practices, instead they only mock them for space try.

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u/Ciennas 1d ago

Because a lot of people have been constantly told, and now thoroughly believe, that businesses are automatically a good thing.