Profoundly embarrassing that the US government let Elon Musk, a obvious deranged fool, gain so much power. Our cultureās willingness to kiss the feet of rich white boy tech āgeniusesā - without demanding actual evidence of their āgeniusā - is incredibly dangerous.
How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaireāand is now struggling to rein him in.
If there was any sanity in the world, then... SpaceX would be nationalised. The charging network portion of Tesla would be spun off, and nationalised. Tesla and SpaceX would repay all grants and subsidies. Yes, I'm not American and yes, I like me a bit of socialism.
When space x really started to take off, I gave voice to the idea that a single capitalist should not own the US space program. And sadly, that's exactly what has happened. And as everyone is pointing out, it is an unstable capitalist.
As you've stated, it's a testiment to the power of PR, even when a lot of people should have known better and in the face of contradictory evidence. But he's nothing special, just another rich guy with feudal aspirations. More indicting is the failure of the US govt/DOJ to pursue reg cases.
Nationalize SpaceX.
any number of people who can get within a block of him could fix this situation
I am old enough to recall when the government was in charge of governmental functions - the power of life and death in prisons and essential defense functions. Then came Ronald Reagan's privatization. That it would lead to Musk's owning our space program and essential communications was inevitable.
Well, they know what they can do about it. It's not like it hasn't been done before. Come on. We're all thinking it. Put that that fucker on a motel balcony and have at it.
"Look, any honeypot that gets near me can see my laptop too."
what if the defense dept called in "Tony Stark" for a situation room consult but irl he was just Robert Downey Jr., the actor who plays Tony Stark
The US government cannot partner with anti-democracy fascists like these two. It's past time to end all federal contracts with any of their companies to protect our national security. https://bsky.app/profile/faineg.bsky.social/post/3k5hxd23pze27