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#26 Re: Civilization and Culture » Free Speech on Mars - Theme of BCML Corp. Time Capsule 2006 » 2003-12-16 16:07:22
Why?
Adventure, history, publicity and maybe make a little money in the process. Space is now wide open for anyone and for whatever reason to venture into it.
Why Free Speech?
I'm happy you asked because your first reply to this posting is the reason why free speech must be championed before the actual colonization of any planet or rock within our solar system.
There are too many autocrats out there who want to control who is going into space, and what they are doing out there. That in itself is wrong because no one except God has exclusive rights to the heavens.
That's another reason why I was asking have there been any other African Americans participating in helping open space to all.
Since no one has answered yet and considering your answering with a question, then maybe I am the first Black African descent planning such a humble endeavor.
I guess the next question to arise with the arrival of non-Whites into space will the Western form of racism be exported into the heavens.
Will Whites willingly help in the financial support of a private space mission conceptualized, designed and controlled by Blacks. These kind of social concerns will be put into test before the end of this century as the financial might of non-Whites escalate.
Then maybe one day I can post a small synopsis about one of my dreams without my intentions being suspect.
#27 Re: Not So Free Chat » In Search of Rare Books - for BCML Time Capsule 2006 » 2003-12-16 03:14:29
I want to know if there were anybody out there who is an avid reader of ethnic publications such as weeklies, monthlies and periodicals. I'm currently putting together a collection of print media representing as many ethnic American nationalities as possible. I hope to complete this project by 2006 so I can include it on a Time Capsule scheduled to orbit Earth during that year.
Interested persons should email me (or private message me) through this website with recommendations and suggestions.
Sincerely,
Baruti M. Kamau
#28 Re: Civilization and Culture » Free Speech on Mars - Theme of BCML Corp. Time Capsule 2006 » 2003-12-16 02:43:38
Hello all,
My company is currently planning to send a Time Capsule into Near Earth Orbit for the sake of demonstrating our commitment to helping open space for everyone. We'll probably conduct this project with a long term partnership with Space Quest.
Anyway, the theme for our Time Capsule is "Freedom of speech on Earth and every planet within our solar system." The contents of the capsule will primarily consist of rare ethnic oriented publications produced in the United States from the early 19th century to the present (in digital form).
I wanted to know if anyone out there is aware of any Black African or African American doing something similar. The reason why I'd like to know if this has been done before by someone Black is due to my current assessment that my company may be the first African American company to embark upon this endeavor. If so then the launch of our Time Capsule into near earth orbit will be somewhat historic.
#29 Re: Martian Politics and Economy » Nations or World Government on Mars - Nations or World Government? » 2003-12-13 12:33:01
But the fact is that there is an opposition and a pluripartism system in america, so, this is a Democracy. Watch c-span channels if you can and to convince yourself.
America enjoys a highly limited opposition. Anyway the opportunities available in America are drastically less than the opportunities that were available in the 19th century. America is saturated. Very ambitious people have to search for new frontiers to conquer. If not, the only thing left are turf wars, power clashes, civil wars, balkanization along racial, ethnic, religious lines, etc.
Even if you owned a hefty sum of 2 or 3 billion US dollars, really, what can you do with it that would impinge upon the social process. You can't give it away because after its been had no one would appreciate you. So your happiness from being charitable would fall into retreat. You can participate in politics but your motives and capability of fairness is always questioned in an effort to demonize you. You can go on a huge buying spree to spark a local economy and reduce poverty but that won't be too effective if you're the only one doing it.
So in my opinion the solution is the colonization of our solar system. Build new civilizations in space. Create new opportunities. Populate the human race beyond Earth. Experiment with new societies where poverty and degradation is unknown. What is freedom without dreams.
I have much more to expond upon in future postings here.
#30 Re: Martian Politics and Economy » Nations or World Government on Mars - Nations or World Government? » 2003-12-12 17:24:17
Rxke thank you for the speedy reply. The typo has been corrected.
Martian politics cannot and should not emerge as a carbon copy of American democracy. If this happens then the foundation for conspiracy theories purporting the extension of American imperialism into the heavens will become valid. This will also imply that the American way is right for all peoples including non-humanoids that exist somewhere out there in space.
The colonization of Mars in my opinion should reflect a true open society, with free markets (laisez faire) and very minimal government intrusion.
If I were to pioneer my own colony on Mars, I'd definitely resist any form of restrictions on my freedom because it would defeat the purpose of pioneering strange new worlds.
If it was not for the privatization of the space age almost ten years ago, many of us would not be able to dream any more. Earth is now saturated and ruined. We must step out of this mess and reinvent life and experiment with new ideas of governing people. Any comments?
#31 Re: Martian Politics and Economy » Nations or World Government on Mars - Nations or World Government? » 2003-12-12 15:56:44
Peace to all,
I'm new to this community and definitely intend to make productive contributions to these very interesting threads. My input will be brief because I'm still studying the various thoughts, ideas, and concepts expressed concerning future governments on Mars.
In any event, whatever governmental system manifest on the red planet, it must be a democracy with genuine multi-party rule. I mean representation beyond the current two-party (pseudo-democratic) system practised in America. Mars enjoy the opportunity of manifesting a genuine democracy as determined by the people for the peoples.