In the twenty first century, flags are obsolete. Any alien species with the FTL travel capability necessary to reach Earth would view flags as barbaric territorial symbols, the sure sign of an infant species dangerous to themselves and others.

"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."
-Albert Einstein

Flags, eternally the heralds of war.





Planetism is nothing more than nationalism hubristically projected into the future. Life is unfathomably scarce and therefore infinitely precious out there in the endless dark, this is a self-evident universal truth. Consider for a moment, that most of the mass of our planet consists of core and mantle, where no life exists. Only a thin layer of crust and a narrow slice of atmosphere - only that little bubble supports life. It is this tiny slice that Homo Sapiens, the singular gods of Earth are destroying and poisoning. At least 10¹⁴ miles (~20 lightyears) of space in every direction is the cold void, darkness, death.

If we continue on our current path, we turn Earth into Venus, in doing so we burn the only known harbor of life within 10¹⁴ miles, and probably farther.