When humanity colonizes other planets, how does Earth make sure

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what's wrong with them seceding?

>>81501690
we won't be able to tax our own venture.

When england colonized the americas, how did they stop them from seceding?

>>81501709
They didn't, that's why they're broke.

>>81501630
They will build an army of giant robots to threaten them with. They'll call them... Grandzorts. Or something

>>81501630
we gas them.

>>373439057
Same way most colonialism happened. Make them economically reliant on you for manufactured goods.

>>81501630
not when....WHERE!

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>>81501683
This.

>>81501630
dont let americans colonise it and make sure they pay tax.

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>>81501630

Too busy to type today, so I'll put this very simply:

Hope you faggots enjoy reading

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>>81501630
Bureaucracy and finance

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>>81501630

>>81501690
This, the greatest country on Earth came to existence by betraying their country of origin

>>81506143
Australia.

>>81506111
funny how he was designed to keep the colonies in check, and then kept the forerunner aliens in check

>>81506330
Nothing like a good alien invasion to unify all the colonies.

>>81501709
>>81501746

Are you looking for a legit answer?

For Canada Australia New Zealand India they delegated power to local legislative bodies which governed on their behalf.

At first those legislatures were subject to veto by the governor general and were purely advisory... but they at the very least qualified as representation, meaning no-one could scream "No taxation without representation!"


Slowly the local governments gained more power once the rulers back in England realized that the people actually living in the colonies knew the place well enough to govern it better than some appointee from England. Basically it was a simple matter of practicality and actually wanting to run the colonies well/efficiently.

>>81506507
Another thing we should ask ourselves:


What's the point of a colony in the first place?


Usually it comes down to two things:


1. Resource extraction and wealth.

2. Exporting culture/values/religion/ethnicity


If you look and England and the USA, the British emphasized #1, which led them to get fucked on #2.


With England and Canada, they did #1 for as long as they could, but eventually called it a day and worked on #2 to moderate success.


If you get to the point where these two missions are accomplished as well as they possibly could be, then there's not really any point in keeping the colony anymore.


Like, if a Mars conoly stops being as profitable as we'd like, but continues to practice a recognizable variation of earth culture and values and language.... well it's pretty much mission accomplished, right? We got money out of them while it lasted, and built something of worth.