It wasn’t bankrolled with billions for the good of society.
Being naive is fun, but being realistic about the species we are is better. And it seems we can leverage that to land on the moon. So it’s working as intended.
Weird to quote that when that's not what the GP said and appears to be a paraphrase that loses quite a bit of specificity and so misses the point:
> We need more “for all of humanity” mindset instead of this “barbaric tribes beat each other over the head for sticky oil”
Being realistic about the species is useful, but let's not be disingenuous for imaginary rhetorical points.
It still is naive no matter the quote though.
It’s also naive to dump down the conflict to being over oil. Oil is being used as leverage. But it is not the cause of it.
Negotiations were clearly Stuck between the sides, forcing the obvious next stage.
This is simplified. But I think touches the core events.