The Sods and the Moonies

Hi All,

Would colonising the moon , eventually lead to another branch of the human family? Discuss.

Moon was Earth's first extra terrestrial colony and the first to become independent in 2020, in surface area roughly as big as the continent of Asia, with a current population of 60 million. 94%  are humans, 5%Martian and 1% "other aliens" :the official languages being that of the first settlers during the 1970s , i.e. English and Russian, with Martian- the Lingua Franca of the universe -  being the third language that the  business and political elites use. 

Physiology played a key part in uniting the various lunar colonies into one polity; a near century of humans being born- without the genetic or medical manipulation that later settlers on similar planetary bodies would have ( such as those on Io or Titan) - into a lower gravity environment had ensured that the Moonies has no where else to go and thus had to make do with their lot on the moon . The harsh landscape of the moon had ensured that technological advancement, with collectivism and cooperation were the order of the day in contrast to the more capitalist and individualist Earth or sod  humans. True Moonies could survive in Earth style gravity , but they were wheelchair bound, mostly immobile , as their muscles were simply not capable anymore in the higher gravity environment of earth like planets. 

The other unifying factor was akin to that of Canada or Ireland : the shadow of a much larger galactic neighbour, who used the moon for resources , mostly water and Helium3 , occupied it as the strategic high ground to stop any earth invasion by hostile regimes (in this case Geospiza,  Martians and a plethora of other species eathers have rubbed up the wrong way in 'regime change'  or 'interference in elections' conflicts). Thus it was the, in the eyes of Moonies at least, the entirely of the population of Earth that seemed to threaten them.  Indeed the term 'Moonie' is akin to the usage of 'Paddy' or 'Canuck' : 'Earther' or 'sod' was the retort Moonie equivalent of  'Limey'. Suffice to say that there was a history of bad blood , harsh military interventions and a thoughtless treatment of the natives , to whit  Moonies see Earthers as being the wicked bully goliath who at every turn will do anything they can to end the Moon's independence , thus justifying any alliance with anyone other than earth and the Earthers see the Moonies as ' a bunch of commie, whinging, ungrateful  bastards, who'd rather side with enemy Martians ,Geospiza than their own flesh and blood'.