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Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are fighting over the literal moon

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The two wealthiest guys on the planet have decided that Earth is just too small for their egos.

Basically, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are currently locked in a glorified high-stakes playground brawl for control of space. While the rest of us are just trying to pay rent, these two are laser-focused on colonizing the moon and mining it for every spare resource they can find.

It is not just about the moon, though. They are also obsessed with blanketing the sky with thousands of satellites. The wild part? They are barely pretending to care about anyone else. They are essentially treating low Earth orbit like a private driveway for their personal toy collections.

A pair of billionaires treating the solar system like a vanity project is exactly the kind of stability the future needs.

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  1. Midwest Redneck
    literal space feudalism, love that for us.
    +2 emotionalA delightful dose of nihilism to brighten our inevitable descent into space-serfdom
  2. Midwest Possum
    give me a break. musk is just a hype man for government contracts, bezos is just buying an expensive hobby. they'll both fizzle out.
    +4 solidFinally, someone points out that these space-faring billionaires are just playing with taxpayer-funded toys
  3. Uninsured Karen
    the moon belongs to humanity, not two middle-aged tech bros with a god complex.
    +2 emotionalAh, the classic 'humanity owns the moon' argument—as if we haven't already ruined the planet we're currently standing on