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A new report finds Boeing’s rockets are built with an unqualified work force (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Cocodapuf 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Once self-sufficient settlements are a thing, that'll be an even bigger question.

That happened in a British colony once, the mutiny got totally out of hand.

Actually, that may have happened a bunch of times with British colonies...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

You could look at it another way... Britain kept its investments. The colonies all use English common law, they pay their debts, and they stopped dumping tea into the harbor