Ukraine thought so too before the man-baby billionaire started fucking with it because they didn't sufficiently suck his dick. The US should 100% take public ownership of starlink. It's literally a state department tool, so why is a billionaire controlling it?
Yes, but you never want to set up a situation where countries can act through companies and avoid the obvious responsibility for those decisions. You also never want to give the reigns of state department powers to private capital, but we're way past that.
I think you're thinking about this a bit skewed. The system they've set up is identical to Russia, where private mercenaries institute the will of the state without the state taking responsibility. This is only possible when the state actors align with the business interests of the company and so at best they are able to strong arm policy in their favor for access to their controls and at worst act with impunity while the state wipes their hands clean of the consequences. In all cases it being controlled by tech billionaires is worse than being controlled by the government.
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CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 34 pts · 254d
The only reason Starlink works in Iran is because the Trump admin is working to gain power. It’s not philanthropic.
Lasherz12@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 254d
Ukraine thought so too before the man-baby billionaire started fucking with it because they didn't sufficiently suck his dick. The US should 100% take public ownership of starlink. It's literally a state department tool, so why is a billionaire controlling it?
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 254d
Aren't billionaires in control of the state dept?
Lasherz12@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 254d
Yes, but you never want to set up a situation where countries can act through companies and avoid the obvious responsibility for those decisions. You also never want to give the reigns of state department powers to private capital, but we're way past that.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 254d
No doubt.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 254d
I don't want Trump in control of Starlink either.
Lasherz12@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 254d
I think you're thinking about this a bit skewed. The system they've set up is identical to Russia, where private mercenaries institute the will of the state without the state taking responsibility. This is only possible when the state actors align with the business interests of the company and so at best they are able to strong arm policy in their favor for access to their controls and at worst act with impunity while the state wipes their hands clean of the consequences. In all cases it being controlled by tech billionaires is worse than being controlled by the government.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 254d
Musk will probably cut it off soon.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 254d
fuck off. the us just wants to intervene and its never good.
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 254d
artimexthehybrid@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 254d
Censorship works.