• Surreal@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    Elon Musk is afraid of Putin’s revenge. Crucial infrastructure like Starlink should be handled by the government, not a corp. Otherwise the corp will prioritize shareholders and profit rather than human’s life

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      10 months ago

      I think he’s basically gullible. His companies have given him so much money, he just assumes he’s right. However he doesn’t understand diplomacy and Putin played him. He should have deferred to the state department, who deal with that BS all the time

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      10 months ago

      A couple of years ago, Musk stated that Putin is substantially richer than he is.

      Add to that Putin’s bloodthirsty lunacy. Musk may actually fear his wrath.

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      10 months ago

      But then comes the issue, which government? As Starlink is global infrastructure.

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        10 months ago

        Pretty sure he’s talking about the government of the country the company is registered in. As the is the only one that can realistically nationalise it.

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        10 months ago

        Starlink is only ‘global’ as long as Elon approves of the GPS coordinates. With that in mind, ‘global’ is about a joke, it’s at Elon’s whim…