What

when we make contact with an alien species what's likely to be a universal currency

something to convert our earth money into alien dollars

energy might be something but maybe somebody here has something better

Futuristic fuel sources?

depends on of what they see as a valuable commodity for all we know they see cheese as valuable as we see gold

it's not going to happen any time soon, it's pointless to speculate that far into the future

for all we know we end up with a inter galactic cheese trade

cheese gang rise up

@Nordhand Nah, that's the point of a currency, is that it's a commonly held item of value.

It wouldn't be a currency, if it's not common between us

Tim Pool's stance on abortion confuses me

It probably confuses himself

with the right technology, there probably wouldn't even be an economy

But hey, at least he agrees that "Fourth Trimester" abortions are bad

@AlanPowell That's star trek

yeah

Maybe they need slaves

Tim have been confused a lot lately

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Interspecies trade will probably be bartering tbh

I think the centrists just need to face that they're not anywhere near the center at this point, not with the entire spectrum going so far left

yea, the old scale is so out of whack now it pointless to look at it anymore

Liberals are basically firmly on the Right

not center right

like the scale is fucked

the word centrist is just relative I just think the whole dichotomoy is stupid

it would depend on a lot of factors, like how long it takes to trade, are there wormholes, etc.

Shekelstein

Don't tell Broo that he's on the right now

are neocons leftists?

i want to say yes

Sure

idk

How many neocons even are there

are they relevant

when was the last time they were relevant

I'd say right leaning authoritarians

But at this point, that's economically left

according to Wikipedia they started as democrats

i can tell you about a shit-ton of left-wing authoritarians in office right now, but who the fuck falling under "neocon" is even in power?