Starscream GaGa wrote:If Earth was destroyed and we did find a planet of sentient, smaller life-forms we totally would use them as slaves to rebuild our planet. All you have to do is look at mankind's history to know that's a fact.
No. Just straight-up no. We is not ruled by our history. Our history dictates that the best cure for a headache is a drill to the skull to let the demons out. We have, in the intervening years, discovered that that is, in fact, complete nonsense, just like how, in the intervening years, we have discovered that slavery is morally reprehensible.
I know you're probably going to pull the "But you don't know what we'd do in that kind of situation" argument. I'm not actually arguing that point. (Though I can do that simply by saying: Neither do you) I am arguing that we are not going to socially regress however many centuries between the 19th century and whenever the destruction of Earth happens.
EDIT: Moral of the movie:
Autobots = Good
Decepticons = Bad
Humans = Average