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RcCola2400 t1_iszswr3 wrote

Absolutely! If we had the technology and there were no politics. You could just go live life and not worry about a mortgage or taxes. But we all know that shit would follow.

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Chillbilk t1_it1v7s7 wrote

Well taxes and shit go as far as they can be enforced, living on a planet far enough for communications between Earth and it to not be instant would make it really difficult to control, and the planet would likely be or become independent, freed from the tyranny of Earth society and economy

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Longjumping_Kale1 t1_it20t3k wrote

Imagine if we went to a planet much larger than Earth, how long would it take to colonize it?

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