“What planet?” The crewman gave him a funny look. “Lalonde. Why, didn’t they tell you?” “No.” “Oh. Well, you could have copped a worse one, believe me. Lalonde is EuroChristian-ethnic, opened up about thirty years ago.
Ah, come again please? So in the far future, space is like prison, wherein for the good of everyone we divvie up into ethnic/nationalist/religious groups so the planet isn't torn apart by all that diversity gumming up the works? What even is this?
