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Is 'Around the turn of the 18th century' around 1700 or is it around 1800?

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Interesting, and I like the idea of Mars being an N=2 for lots of Earth-cultural phenomena, but I wonder how the Martian community would be able to resist the entropic stance of maintaining dependence on Earth. If the colonization of the western hemisphere by white people is any indication, the new colony / community might never be able to be a true N=2 due to cultural ties to the "old country" (we're still obsessing about the british royals here in the USA!). Also, personal prejudices will still be inside people's hearts - latent bigotry might unintentionally sabotage the whole thing. Still, a very intriguing idea. Thanks for writing!

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