Can we start treating billionaires as rogue nations unto themselves? Because that's frankly how they act.
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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I think technically they're more "terrorists" than "rogue nations"
I know it's an anathema to most in the US but the government needs to step up and take Starlink and Space X off Musk for a fair price. He's way too unstable to be trusted with tech that important.
Is this not treason? Like legitimately, technically.
It may be a violation of the Logan Act, which makes it illegal for private citizens to interfere with foreign relations.
Fucking charge him with something. This is insane... If it's not treason, it sure as hell is undermining the billions of dollars in aid were sending Ukraine. We've sent 76 billion dollars so far.
Stop trying to tell a private citizen and businessman what he can and can’t do with his own business
Exactly, you can't have your cake and eat it - if we want to live in a sane and moral world we shouldn't let private citizens own things that are important, especially not satellite infrastructure
Musk is a war criminal. This is a crime against humanity.
It's neither of those things. Words have meanings, and legal terms have very specific meanings.
Hey look a rational person.
The totality of evidence for this is "a drone stopped working for a bit". It's just baseless waffle.
From the moment he gutted 80% of twitter staff very soon after a secret meeting with Putin, its all been pretty obvious Musk is a Russian asset. Twitter helped rally international support for Ukraine and he hasnt been subtle in sabotaging it