Musk has proposed establishing a direct democracy on Mars

American entrepreneur Ilon Musk on December 29 proposed to establish direct democracy on Mars.

"The Martians will decide for themselves how to govern them. I recommend direct democracy, not representative democracy," he wrote on the X network (formerly Twitter).

He said unmanned starships would land on Mars in about two years, and manned starships in about four years.

"It's all possible," he concluded.

Earlier, on November 24, Musk called for colonizing Mars. He has repeatedly expressed that humanity can survive only if it begins to develop other planets.

Before that, on September 8, Musk said that the first unmanned flights of the Starship spacecraft to Mars are planned in two years. He specified: if these landings are successful, the first manned flights will start in four years. Also, the frequency of flights to Mars will begin to grow exponentially, as the plan is to build a "self-sustaining" city on the planet in the next 20 years, said the billionaire.

In July, the SpaceX founder made a proposal to create a base with a permanent settlement on the moon.

In May, Musk said it would take about a million years to colonize the galaxy. He also said that no signs of alien life had been found and found it amusing that many who do not believe that man has been to the moon are convinced that aliens exist. However, he said that mankind could find "remnants of a long-gone alien civilization" while exploring space.