As someone who lives in a country that formerly had a nationalized phone company in the internet age, and currently has a nationalized power company and airline. Dear God fuck no!
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Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Starlink is perfect for nationalization. Internet is. Infact, nationalize all utilities. Yes, internet should be a utility at this point. It should not be run for profit.
mailerdaemon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
demlet@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I say we let him build up a huge satellite fleet and then force him to sell a huge chunk of it under antitrust law.
sorghum@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
You mean the same government that allowed XM and Sirius to merge with no other satellite radio competition would go after Starlink when they have competition (Hughesnet)?
demlet@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Probably not but it would be funny.
WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
After Musk disabled Starlink to aid Russia, a hostile state in their efforts to invade a sovereign democracy, it should have been clear to everyone that Musk poses a very real security threat, and Starlink should have been seized and nationalised.
Illuminostro@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This fiasco is a glaring example that no one indvidual shold be able to accrue enough wealth to effect entire countries.
WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
One of many, sadly. With the strong trend toward wealth consolidation they’re not going to slow down any time soon.
Illuminostro@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There’s a word I’m trying to remember. It rhymes with scmuiolltines…
Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Its insane to live through Gilded Age 2. The cycle repeats.
Illuminostro@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Complete with another unsuccessful Business Plot. But this time, some of the ringleaders may be punished.
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What business plot? Elon musk’s attempt to play military?
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Y’all all really think there isn’t something more going on there? Like people being like “Crimea is Ukraine!” Well yes I agree with the sentiment, even the US government doesn’t consider crimea to be Ukraine
vitriolix@lemmy.world 1 year ago
*citation needed
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Look at how we handle Taiwan for an idea of how wishy-washy the US government is in these situations.
Biden has said we support Taiwan and it’s independence, then directly after that our government walks it back to avoid escalating tensions with China.
Sorry I was definitely wrong about the US’s stance overall on Crimea, however we specifically were not providing armaments that could/would be used to attack Crimea
www.nytimes.com/…/ukraine-crimea-military.html
My initial statement was based on my incorrect memory of what was said after the initial faux-“referendum” that caused it to be annexed (forcefully taken) by Russia (which they tried to pretend was by the people living in crimea), as the US didn’t do much except slap a few sanctions on Russia.