@lachs0r@nazrin.moe @dtluna Indeed, the ball was certainly dropped along the way. Or intentionally thrown off the court. But realistically, that is how humans tend to govern themselves; we can plan forward years and occasionally a decade or two, but certainly not centuries. Competitive little beasties that we are, most governments would happily solidify geopolitical advantage even if it meant a hundred years from now the entire world collapsed.