U.S. billionaire Elon Musk has agreed to sell a portion of Starlink assets to the U.S. Department of Defense, removing himself from decision-making regarding geofencing Ukraine’s access to the satellite internet service

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On the one hand, yay for nationalising utilities!

On the other, not under the already most bloated military in the world who can't even account for billions of their yearly funding ffs!!

[–] tsuica@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think they lost billions as much as they pumped it into black projects.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't say they lost them, I said they couldn't account for them: they were audited a bunch of times and failed by billions every time, probably for the reason you mentioned AND because they get so much money that they don't feel a need to make an effort to track it all

[–] tsuica@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tend to agree with you, but I'm left wondering if the bureaucratic system would allow this hand-waving approach to budget tracking.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Not usually, but due to decades of successful gaslighting and other propaganda, the military is a holy cow that gets ridiculous amounts of leeway compared to everyone else, especially the people who need government assistance the most.