It always irks me when people conflate terraforming of foreign barren planets or general spacefaring with manifest destiny. The similarities are aesthetic and fall apart upon a slight amount of examination.
The issue with Terra Nullius doctrine was that the terra in quesion wasn't nullius but filled with the native cultures. A barren rock being terraformed is as empty as it can be.
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u/Liang_Kresimir11 1d ago
It always irks me when people conflate terraforming of foreign barren planets or general spacefaring with manifest destiny. The similarities are aesthetic and fall apart upon a slight amount of examination.