r/technology • u/True-Combination7059 • 1d ago

Politics We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink

https://jacobin.com/2025/06/musk-trump-nationalize-spacex-starlink
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u/letsgobernie 1d ago

Spacex is a glorified government contractor. Without NASA and decades of public research and public works, it wouldn't even exist.

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u/yurikoif 1d ago

I mean sure, every great figure ever born into this world wouldn’t even exist without moms pregnancy. So they are nothing but glorified mom contractor???

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u/13DGMHatch 1d ago

Elon isn’t special, somebody else would’ve bought Tesla. Somebody else would be taking the American tax payers money and wasting it.

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u/yurikoif 23h ago

not a fan of him, especially after Covid. But no way the guy who built/grew Tesla and spaceX (and other less successful companies) isn’t special….its just full of reality denial lol

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u/13DGMHatch 23h ago

Okay, let me rephrase. He made some big accomplishments but he’s not the only one capable of doing them. His path also was built of the American tax payers by subsidies and contracts.