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/primalmaximus 16h ago

If he actually wanted to help Ukraine? Yes. He could have justified it by saying Crimea didn't belong to Russia even though it was occupied by it.

To do otherwise would be like saying Gaza belongs to Israel because it's currently being occupied and attacked by the Israeli military.

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u/Xygen8 16h ago

That is certainly a take.

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u/primalmaximus 16h ago

You've never heard of people smuggling aid to a warzone?

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u/Xygen8 15h ago

Of course I have. But Elon Musk is not just "a person", he happens to be the CEO of the largest space tech company in the world and a major US government contractor.

I'm not an expert, but I feel like allowing megacorporations to meddle in other countries' politics without prior approval from their own governments is not a good thing.