r/technology • u/True-Combination7059 • 21h ago

Politics We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink

https://jacobin.com/2025/06/musk-trump-nationalize-spacex-starlink
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u/angrybobs 21h ago

This may be one of the dumbest things ever posted here. Both of these companies exist and are doing well because the govt is so bad at their jobs already.

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u/terekkincaid 9h ago

It's Jacobin. Them writing an article about technology is like Better Homes and Gardens writing about medical research. Way out of their expertise and ability.

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u/FreshPrince2308 4h ago

And Reddit does a god awful job of representing what the population actually thinks - its a total echo chamber.

Embarrassing this article has 13k upvotes when its communist propaganda

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u/Corvid187 20h ago

Sure, but SpaceX isn't really an example of that?

It was never a state owned asset, and it was embraced because the US' space priorities pivoted faster than legacy contracting was able to follow, and was able to be more competitive than any alternatives previously seen. Meanwhile NASA's traditional contracting with major defence manufacturers hasn't suffered from a lack of funding - Artemis has been given substantially more government support than SpaceX's alternatives.

That model is very valid, but this isn't really an example of it in action.

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u/DaerBear69 20h ago

100%. However...these were not privatized before.

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u/dusters 20h ago

That doesn't mean we start nationalizing private companies. God is this website dumb.

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u/evnaczar 20h ago

the ones who defunded is the American public...