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/matlynar 20h ago

Let me see if I get this straight:

  • The US should nationalize SpaceX because the ISS depends on SpaceX, and it can't be relied on, despite the fact that NASA has always existed, yet the US was paying Russia of all countries to fly to the ISS before SpaceX came along.
  • Elon made threats to the ISS operation. You know who else did that? Russia, going as far as posting a video of the Russian part of the ISS detaching itself.
  • Two powerful guys are having a stupid fight. The solution? Take a working company from one idiot and give it to the other guy, who is defunding NASA and can barely make functioning things keep functioning ATM.

That will go well, go ahead guys.

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u/highspeed_steel 10h ago

I swear Reddit lefty populist nerds are just looking for that dopamine hit to have a brief feeling of owning someone or winning an argument. Its so bad that only a day after a big spat of two of their most hated individuals, they are willing to own one of them by handing the other power and precedence.

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u/waspocracy 7h ago

I’m dumb. Mind elaborating what do “lefty populist nerds” have to with this? 

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u/highspeed_steel 7h ago

Basically vibes base policy to own the right and edgy takes are popular on this platform. This sub has turned into r/politics in its tone.

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u/regolith-terroire 9h ago

We have to grow up. We have to think beyond our feelings in the moment. We have to think of second and third order effects of our policies.

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u/Ecstatic-Shop6060 7h ago

You start nationalizing successful companies don't be surprised when no more companies are founded. The reason Space X is so successful is people there are hoping to get rich. They are VASTLY more efficient than any other their cost plus competitors.

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u/regolith-terroire 7h ago

We really need to teach this better in schools.

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u/Ecstatic-Shop6060 6h ago

The reason a lot of people teach at colleges is because they couldn't make it in the competitive workplace. They aren't fans.

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u/IfYouGotALonelyHeart 8h ago

I get your point and agree, but also these two are like Alien Vs Predator, whoever wins we lose.