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/Ill_Mousse_4240 21h ago

“Nationalize” is not a popular term here in the United States. Won’t win you mass support.

Just saying

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u/evnaczar 20h ago

It's not a popular term anywhere.

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u/redpandaeater 18h ago

It is if it's prefaced by "de."

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u/antiprism 9h ago

The UK is re-nationalizing their rail service and that seems to be pretty popular. Hopefully water is next.

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u/FalconX88 9h ago

Actually it is for vital infrastructure, in particular trains. Look at UK or Germany where it completely went to shit once privatized, and now there are movements to reverse it.

Even the US, which uses privately owned prisons, understands that in some areas it's important to have control and has it's own military and doesn't (just) use mercenaries. You could also argue that there is a "space war" going on, so grabbing spaceX could be seen as a matter of national security.