According to the US media reported on December 29, local time, Tesla CEO Musk said that human settlement on Mars may be the second chance to build a better U.S. government.
Musk said sending humans to Mars is an opportunity to rethink the overall nature of the U.S. government, as it did when the United States was founded in the 18th century. "We need to rethink what kind of government should be built on Mars to get rid of the coercion of special interest groups and politicians," he said. There should be an unrepresented direct democracy on Mars. ”
Musk also suggested that the United States abandon the model of representative democracy and replace it with direct democracy. "Representative democracy is subject to things like coercion by special interest groups and politicians," he said. I propose direct democracy, in which the people themselves vote to decide the law, and that the law be brief enough for people to understand. ”
Musk, a frequent outspoken critic of U.S. politicians and the law, said earlier in December that regulation would hinder innovation and that the U.S. government should not be involved in the management of people's assets, including his $297 billion net worth. Musk also suggested setting an "age cap" for candidates for U.S. political positions. "Let's set an age limit where people over that age can't run for U.S. political office, maybe just below the 70-year-old number," he said. ”
In short, Musk's relationship with the U.S. government is not harmonious, and he often accuses the U.S. government of deliberately targeting Tesla while favoring its competitors - Ford, General Motors, Chrysler. In September, Musk's SpaceX successfully completed the first all-civilian space launch mission, but Biden did not congratulate him, but chose to ignore it, Musk wrote a mockery of Biden for "always sleeping"; in October, the Biden administration drafted an infrastructure bill that stipulates that no one who buys Tesla electric cars is eligible for tax breaks, giving the reason that these cars are not produced in the factory that set up the National Automobile Workers' Union (UAW) branch. Musk angrily denounced Biden as a "puppet" of the UAW.
Against this backdrop, Musk naturally wants to build a new U.S. government on Mars. He has said he plans to build a fleet of 1,000 spacecraft, launching three a day, and eventually sending 1 million people to Mars by 2050. However, at present, people have mixed reviews of Musk's Mars colonization plan, some scientists think he is a fool's dream, but some scientists think that Musk is on the right path.
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