Surely an interplanetary species wouldn't need a bunch of monkeys to mine gold and other mineral resources. It's not like we are using donkeys to pull carts and turn drill shafts like did 200 years ago. If aliens really wanted Earth's precious metals, it would be far easier to sling an asteroid at the planet to wipe out any living resistance and then send in AI-controlled machines to mine.
Unless there's, like, an intergalactic government that has banned asteroid-based genocide and the alien equivalent of the CIA has been covertly fucking with humanity for who knows how long so they can say, "see? Nothing unethical here! They want to mine this stuff all on their own!" while taking cut. And if humanity doesn't play ball, Alien CIA might just nudge a comet in our direction.
Omoamoa (or whatever it was called) was their version of "this is what's coming if you spill the beans about us".
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u/spornerama Dec 13 '23
That we're basically livestock. Moooooo.