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SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million::Starlink has a fraction of the projected $12B revenue and 20M users, WSJ says.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its insane to live through Gilded Age 2. The cycle repeats.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Complete with another unsuccessful Business Plot. But this time, some of the ringleaders may be punished.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What business plot? Elon musk's attempt to play military?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The corporate plot to overturn Democracy and turn the US into a Corporate Theocracy. Their minions the Republicans almost succeeded.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What the fuck? When was this? What' sit called? Where can I read more about this?

Thanks in advance

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy shit it's literally called the "Business Plot". Horrifying that nobody was prosecuted. I imagine proof in those days may have been letters and phone calls, but proof of either could have been hard to collect or just avoided altogether by the perpetrators.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should definitely look into it. A lot of the proof is Smedley Butler, an extremely interesting man.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tweeted Oliver Stone about 10 years ago, suggesting he should make a movie about Butler. No response.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want to make a series about him. Start it off as a pure military action show, slowly make the transition over like he did. Suck people in with the action, y'know?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago