Probably the “you stop resisting while we steal your stuff” type.

You gotta enjoy it for less than… Check calendar… 7 months at least

Well, the last time Europe was super unstable was WW2 where they burnt the whole thing down by themselves. That led to the US ascension. The USA would be super happy for another chance like that.

The fee is just to “challenge” the gym master for your badge. You still have to pay the subscription to even get into the door.

The earth nation exists with a whole theme about being the great stagnant central state empire getting overshadowed by an upstart nation going through industrial revolution first doesn’t give you any hints? Not even the queues and qibao?

CEO: don’t touch that, we are moving with higher velocity thanks to it.

Is this just a kind of inflation/recession write off for the EU and USA at this point? oh, our economy is not doing so great, we are short by X% of development from project, let’s just write that off as ‘aids’ to Ukraine/Israel

Cause the US government is just a bunch of corporations under a trench coach. They want to privatize space using public money just like everything else on Earth. If it’s not space X then it’s gonna be Boeing, Ratheon, Amazon, etc that take that position. The age of public space exploration is closing, be ready for enshittification and exploitation in space.

that’s just console first UI design school Bethesda have subscribed to since Skyrim.