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[–] [email protected] 171 points 1 year ago (1 children)

random people having this kind of influence on international conflicts because they have a lot of money is good and healthy and okay

[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The free market will create another satellite network if musk's isn't right! /s

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This but kind of unironically, him doing this makes it much more likely the US government will blow some of its military budget to fund some sort of competitor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That would be pretty cool considering they have tons of military budget obviously and more competition is a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's kind of how we all get to use and enjoy the GPS today

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It wouldn't be free market then.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

If Musk doesn’t learn to play ball, the us government might well take control of the tech for the remainder of the war. Geopolitics is the game that is played with all the pieces.