How soon do you think we can build a base on the moon if we no longer have to account for profits in our motives?
Ok, so I get that profit motive seems short-sighted to you. Or more than that, that profit motive is a distraction, even predatorial.
But in order to have a base on the moon, there does need to be a concentration of resources. Who owns this concentration? Is it owned equally? Is it directed by a group? How does this group know if it is making the right decisions? For example, one way to determine if the decisions are correct is if that concentration of resources grows over time. Isn't that kinda like a profit motive, at least in some way? Or is that kind of profit motive ok because it's not owned by a small group?
If so, then profit motive is actually ok, right?