We socialist SF fans can’t bring ourselves to oppose space programmes, but unlike Posadas, and uniquely among the science fiction community, we definitely do not want aliens to visit. Because to be dropped in on by higher life forms while the world is still in the disgusting, shameful chaos of capitalism would simply be too embarrassing. It would be the cosmic equivalent of having unexpected guests pop over for a drink when the house is a mess.
The Struggle for Intergalactic Socialism (China Miéville in the Socialist Review, via Making Light)