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  Human imperialists have committed atrocities just to steal spices. If aliens are anything like us, we're fucked.
context: They could just want the planet, not the energy or resources. Earth is, for all we know, very rare. >
  
  They could also just want us as pets. A pet hooman to amuse them. >
  
  There's literally a song about this by Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction >
  
  We would be at their mercy which is the problem. Benevolent or not, in our experience that kind of relationship only goes one way.