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Originally Posted by tsofian
The United States and other Western Democracies are "nations of laws not men". After the balloon goes up they will be howling wildernesses. How many times in history has a ruler been dethroned by a military coup? Without the framework of the constitution or similar documents and traditions and without a functioning society of which they are a tiny fraction the chances that a group of extremely powerful men will seek "for the good of others" to take charge is much greater. The elements of the Project that control Phoenix had beeter be right almost all the time because if they show poor judgement, fail often or appear to be weak and indecisive (in the eyes of Phoenix) Phoenix will almost be morally obligated to take control
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How weak you must think the people of the Project to be! Is Prime Base otherwise staffed by incompetents and imbeciles? Are the men of Phoenix that rare breed who are incredibly accomplished, specialized, and dependent on others but nonetheless believe themselves able to displace other incredibly accomplished people?
The things you discuss, if they are a concern of the Project, are a concern at all levels. All they or
any organization can do is try their best to put their best people, the ones
least likely to go rogue, in the positions of the power and authority. And how messed up must the selection process be for there to be a small group, so highly vetted, that would nonetheless make the decision to destroy the Project? Because in the end, destroy would be their only option - these men lack the skills to run the Project as their own Kingdom in the face of hundreds or thousands of men and women, dedicated and intelligent, who would oppose them.
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Originally Posted by tsofian
For a model of who might join the project look at the volunteers to go on a one way trip to Mars. This private mission is stated that anyone that goes is going to have to leave Earth and all their social connections behind and will die on Mars, hopefully establishing a human foothold there first. Some are married and have children which they will need to say goodbye to forever. It is as close to being in TMP as I can see.
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Considering that the private mission you discuss has zero chance of actually happening, and considering that we have no indication whatsoever that
any of the applicants have what it takes to do the job, I am not sure how this is relevant other than as an indicator that there are currently thousands of people who
think they have a very specific version of "the right stuff".