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  What do you want to do with your money? How much money do you even have? Do you ever feel like you can't do something because you don't have enough money? Do you believe that you have enough money to do whatever you want to do with your life? Suppose you'd like to take a tour of the upper atmosphere, but you're not a licensed astronaut -- a privilege that has been purchased by a few extremely wealthy individuals. Capitalism prevents you from going on such a trip because there is no material worth that can be gained from sending you into outerspace. And since you don't have a million expendable dollars, you can't make it worthwhile for the capital-aimed thinkers that own the spaceships to let you into space. You have to spend your dollars on food and rent and cars and clothes and communications technologies because these things are indispensable – these things are a higher priority in your life than taking a trip beyond the gravity of planet Earth. Going into outerspace must then be considered a luxury. But should it be? We are not telling you that if you move a pile or two we will all be floating around in outerspace this time next year. We are simply suggesting that if you move a pile or two we could all be floating around in outerspace tomorrow.





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