Fun fact the only known civilizations in the universe to escape themselves beyond their gravity well did it with the engine of capitalism. I'm sure all the communist worlds are doing great. Oh, they're all radio-dead?
I like Posadas' theory that if there's advanced alien life, they must have already advanced through the Marxist stages of economic development to full communism, and therefore we should make contact so they can teach us too.
Including the calculation of the numerical value of a human life. According to the Ford Pinto catastrophe, you and I are worth no more than $200k each. If you are only seriously burned, then we can knock that number down to $67k even.