Imagine it's 1600. There are no new world colonies. The indians have been left to adapt to smallpox. There are no plans for new world colonies nor any realistic ideas for technologies which would allow new world colonies.
There's a picture of Christopher Columbus with the caption, "Imagine your dad just came back from discovering a continent."
Signs and significations, with no substance. You're not a leader or a pioneer if nobody follows you. You accomplished nothing of value. The profit was a loss. (Also it was probably faked. This is a Hollywood picture, not a scientist or explorer picture.)
Boy howdy everyone was sure impressed, though. At least, everyone in Spain, who think they can use it to dunk on Germany. Is social status zero sum? It seems to be negative sum. Meanwhile, England and the Netherlands take all of Africa.
The moon thing is very much America's Chinese gunpowder moment. Even if it's real, they can and will do nothing about it. A treasure ships moment.
Caring what humans think substantially contributes to death of civilization.
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