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At least the rich assholes of the past went on Safaris and cruises around the Aegean and shit.
These fuckers become even richer than those guys and just post on twitter and monitor their son's masturbation.
I guess you sort of have that with the space obsession but it's less about being an explorer and more about opening up new avenues for profit.
Wasn't European exploration funded as an avenue to find more profit tho?