I meant to ask this in the Eyes of Amber entry

[james_davis_nicoll]

Why is so much SF concerned with resource extraction?

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[j-larson.livejournal.com]

Resource extraction often occurs in areas far from large centers of population, where the intensity of law enforcement is correspondingly low. This allows for appealing liberties and brutal oppression that in more built-up areas would end thirty minutes later when the police showed up in force.

Remember, when the Imperial Marines arrive, the Party Is Over.