Proposals to colonize Mars critiqued as amoral and anti-human for abandoning Earth rather than improving it, seen as deeply misanthropic with potential psychological consequences.
"There is something gravely amoral and anti-human about abandoning a planet designed for us as a species, instead of making serious efforts to improve it. We have enough "mental health crises" right now on Earth – imagine what will happen if we live with artificial respirators 24/7 on a cold, dead, b"
"the fact that the slogan 'occupy mars' could do anything other than attract unanimous backlash is evidence of the rot - how could we possibly even begin to entertain the idea of conceptualizing Earth the way we think of a broken TV set - that if it breaks we just go and find a new one?"