Kenneth M Sweeney<p>And like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheExpanse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheExpanse</span></a>, it could embrace the politics of place: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> as old and comfortable, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> as ambitious and proud, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Titan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Titan</span></a> as isolated and distrustful, and so on. No starships required—just patrol cutters, orbital transport, and tense interrogations in low-g corridors. 3)</p>