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We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Pro@programming.dev⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://jacobin.com/2025/06/musk-trump-nationalize-spacex-starlink

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  • r_deckard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    And the international customers, what about them? The ground stations, POPs, and terminals in other countries, hmmmm?

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    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      SpaceX’s largest customer is the US government; once that relationship has been repaired I’m ambivalent about private/public ownership.

      HMmmmM?

      because let’s be honest, without tons of US GOV’T SUPPORT, SpaceX wouldn’t have ever been able to provide all those POPs, terminals and services. Funny thing that.

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    • TronBronson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Dude… nationalize just means the US takes ownership of the company. They keep all the employees they keep all the customers. It runs like normal under new ownership. The taxpayers now own it. it’s a great idea.

      You see too long we have been using public funding and allowing rich people to privatize the gains. It’s time to privatize those games and take back what we invested in as US citizens. We will still offer you eurocucks Internet since apparently it is more important than having a moral fiber in your body

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      • r_deckard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I didn’t say it was a bad thing, I wanted to know about some of the broader implications, e.g. govt ownership doesn’t remove legal obligations. I doubt the govt could continue to offer service under the previous T&C, some sections would need revision. And Starlink’s T&C are slightly different in some countries, as are the operating conditions. Some countries who are nominally friendly with Starlink/SpaceX to allow ground stations, POPs, etc, might not be so keen on the US govt controlling things.

        These are just some of the things that popped into my head when I read the article.

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    • TronBronson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Seriously this comment doesn’t make any sense. It’s like you do not understand what you are commenting on and yet here you are with four up votes and now have my down vote and go forth and use a dictionary before you comment non ct time

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  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    No thanks, demolish Leon Hitler’s space program and bury it. NASA should be the US leader for space missions and not a South African neo-Nazi sack of shit.

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  • why0y@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    No I would not like taxpayer dollars to buy out Elons shit shows.

    Hard pass. Thanks no thanks jacobin

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  • altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If we do, we’ll definitely reach mars. I can imagine it now! Its 3055 and everything is totally fine now that we can escape to Mars in an inflatable city. A whole 4000 square feet of freedom soaring thru the sky with the last of us aboard ready for a whole new life and a good 7 in inflated cities for our children to live. She changes her name to Mother Gaia and His name is now Adam. One day in the distant future perhaps a large meteor would come roaring and reshaping our planet into livable space again.

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  • cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    we should probably invest in making sure people have affordable housing, food, and healthcare before worrying about militarising space.

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  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Don’t buy into the grifts. Dismantle them.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4

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  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Maybe… But never going to happen. Privitization and capitalism work the other way in the imperial core.

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  • ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Do that, so that when the US Gov. falls SpaceX and Starlink does too.

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