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- Elon Musk promotes Mars colonization, linking his ideas to substantial U.S. government space contracts.
- Critics say that billionaire-backed futurism distracts from climate action and decarbonization.
- Bridget Read, author of Little Bosses Everywhere, traces multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes and links them to broader neoliberal policies shaping laws that favor oligarchy.
- Adam Becker, author of More Everything Forever, critiques billionaire beliefs about technology and space, emphasizing the impracticality of Mars colonization.
