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Intergalactic Politics in "The Expanse"

Alienating the Audience

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The Problem With the Belters

"If we had access to technology that would open up gateways to countless worlds for colonization, well, there goes the conflict," he says. "I'm like, just give everybody a planet. That'll solve all the issues." But some people can't live on planets because they have gravity and other planets also have alien tech. And even then, not everyone in the belt is going to want to leave.

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