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To start off, the context of this question stems from the current widespread disdain for Tesla and people by and large taking it out on owners and dealers. I’ve begun to wonder if there should be a similar disdain and protest of SpaceX at this point…

I’ve personally found space travel to be a waste of time, energy, and resources. That view may be shortsighted and reductive, but in the grand scheme of things I cannot justify space exploration and the advancement of space travel, especially when it is socially and fiscally benefitting the worst people.

I am not ignorant to the advances we have been able to make due to what we’ve learned in space. I just can’t see a situation in todays social, economic, and political climate where we gain anything that will help common people in the face of resource depletion and global oligarchy.

That’s why I ponder whether agitating SpaceX enjoyers is worth it.

I am eager and willing to be shown my ignorance in this topic because I am very jaded and have trouble seeing the tangible goal here from a pragmatic perspective, especially when SpaceX seems to be the main purveyor of space shit.