this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] halvar@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well at the very least you have to agree, that he was in quite a dilemma. If he allows it, he interferes by action. If he doesn't, he interferes by inaction.

To him, and to me too, inaction seems more impartial, which is probably all he cares about at this point, and once again it's what I would probably care about too.

You can be mad at someone who is impartial, but at the end of the day, the only thing you are mad at, is them not doing jack-shit, which of course can be very annoying.

[–] AJT@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really since its already being used by the military, knowingly and deliberately provided.

So he's already active.

[–] halvar@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Well now you got me, since I didn't know that. So this guy then just lacks any integrity, which is not suprising at all.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He had a choice in his hands with privileged information, then he chose the Russian side. This declarations are just justification to wash his hands, he is team Putin all the way, always has been. He has been seen partying with Russian oligarchs. The reason he bought SpaceX was because his original idea of buying dismantled ICBMs from his rusky arms dealer pals was too incredibly stupid to pull off, and it was easier to do it by way of an aerospace company.

Starlink service was bought by Ukraine to provide internet access to civilians and the military. Technically it was provided by the US because Musk offered to, for free initially, though he later pedalled back to charge inordinate amounts of money. Which the US and UA agreed to pay anyway. Because single companies monopolizing entire control to fundamental services is a huge issue. War time or not. He is profiteering and unfortunately owns the only company that can provide this specific kind of service. But in strategic matters, he will always go to bat for his BFF Vova.