He shot her a stupefied look. "Look around you, lady. This world is done. If you want to make something of yourself, you gotta go somewhere they need you. Law says if you’re the first there, it’s yours. Go to Mars or Pluto and stick a flag in the ground, you own it. You build a business and no one will tax you either, no governments, see? It’s open for anyone with the get-up-and-go."