Comment on SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million

• 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.

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  • 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.

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    • Illuminostro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s a word I’m trying to remember. It rhymes with scmuiolltines…

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      • WaxedWookie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Dunno about you, but I’m hungry.

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• Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Its insane to live through Gilded Age 2. The cycle repeats.

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  • Illuminostro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Complete with another unsuccessful Business Plot. But this time, some of the ringleaders may be punished.

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    • Tangent5280@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What business plot? Elon musk’s attempt to play military?

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      • Illuminostro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The corporate plot to overturn Democracy and turn the US into a Corporate Theocracy. Their minions the Republicans almost succeeded.

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• 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

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  • vitriolix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    even the US government doesn’t consider crimea to be Ukraine

    *citation needed

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    • 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.

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