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[–] 250 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Nationalize his assets and deport him to South Africa

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  • [–] 122 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Tesla was built off the backs of the US taxpayer. It's so crazy to me that he's too dumb to realize being a toxic right winger is bad for business. He gets tax payer funds from the Democrats, his customers definitely skew left of center. I always thought Tesla was insanely over valued, but with all his bullshit and the major car manufacturers giving them competition now Tesla is bound to collapse...

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Xesla has shaved $40k of the MSRP of their top end models since January.

    I wonder why that is?

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    [–] 164 points 2 years ago (24 children)

    The US has spent at least 80 Billion dollars arming and supporting Ukraine in it's defense against Russian genocidal aggression and Western expansion that puts the entire NATO block in jepordy, why is Elon fucking Musk allowed to put his thumb on the scale in favor of the enemy? Why isn't anyone in the Biden administration tearing him a new asshole form stem to stern, why isn't anyone in the Biden administration publicly discussing nationalizing Starlink. We're literally throwing money into conflict (for absolutely necessary, vital, and justified reason) that one man is deciding the outcomes of, and the United States government is just ..... what .... ok with this?

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  • [–] [S] 35 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    One thing that seems to be the case with Biden's administration - there's a lot going on behinds the scenes that we're not aware of.

    You're right, there should be some life changing repercussions for Musk. Hopefully we'll find out those are in the works.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's insane to me that the CEO of a private company can directly engage to change the outcome of a battle without the whole population completely losing their shit over it. This asshole turned off his product to intentionally prevent our ally from succeeding in a battle against our enemy. And his reason is that he was trying to prevent escalation. How the fuck is that his call to make?

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    [–] 121 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    No. The real question is why does one man, because of his wealth, have so much power over the life and death of other people he has no interest in.

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    [–] 89 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    Wait, are you saying Elon Musk's actions directly resulted in innocent women and children being murdered?

    It would be terrible if more people started saying that Elon Musk murdered innocent women and children.

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    [–] 80 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Elon Musk is afraid of Putin's revenge. Crucial infrastructure like Starlink should be handled by the government, not a corp. Otherwise the corp will prioritize shareholders and profit rather than human's life

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    [–] 71 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    So, explain to me how Elon should not be considered a strategic target now? He is materially supporting the Ruzzians by killing innocent civilians. He cannot be ignored at this point.

    It seems he should be considered an obvious target by anyone who wishes to support the Ukranian defense. Maybe someone close enough to him supports Ukraine and will see a moral obligation (and opportunity) to defend Ukraine.

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  • [–] 69 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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    [–] 50 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Its interesting that he’s poking the marshmallow here, because Musk can still turn off Starlink, or make it unusable for Ukraine as much as his contract with DoD allows. This implies that Ukraine screamed bloody murder about this months ago, and DoD has given them gear to be able to bypass Starlink.

    I think DoD also doesn’t like Elon having this kind of power, and allowed him to be a stopgap now that they never plan to use again. It’s interesting from a geopolitical and financial perspective for Starlink; they blew it and they’re not a future reliable partner for taking Russia’s side.

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    [–] 49 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The US should nationalize Starlink. If private business decisions are going to undermine world stability then those decisions are antithetical to any kind of peace and need to be treated as the threat that they are. A single person picking sides shouldn't result in a casual body count that Elon never is punished for but it now does and he looks to be getting away with actual manslaughter.

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    [–] 48 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    God damn that was so well said. All I could come up with was “Fuck Elon Musk”.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He's a saboteur. Detain the mother fucker and try him for treason. At the very least, his removal from his companies is paramount to national security at this point.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Ukraine should make sure he doesn’t do that again

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    [–] 33 points 2 years ago

    Whether or not any of this bullshit is true, I'm just glad that there's growing distain for billionaires.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago

    "But wait, there's more!"

    Seems to be the to not only be a famous line from the late Billy Mayes, but also the correct response when someone is disgusted by what a shit person Musk is...

    Didn't think "Child Murderer" was going to wind up on his sin list.

    At least we have a public confession, try him.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    Starlink is a great system. The problem is its idiot owner, Musk, who is more worried how the use of Starlink in the Ukraine is going to affect his company stock. You're in the big leagues now, Elmo. You cant "sort of" commit to a war unless you're a rich Saudi dilettante, who wants to try his hand at international shiat-stirring.

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Exactly why taiwan is looking to build their own system. You can't entrust anything to musk with his deep saudi-china links

    Taiwan, meanwhile, is hesitant to use Starlink’s services for fear of Musk’s close ties with China. A dominant player in the global chips market, Taiwan feels exposed to the constant threat of Chinese invasion. Using Starlink might be one way to bolster its national and data security—especially when Taiwan suspects China of cutting its submarine internet cables. But for Taiwan to rely too heavily on Starlink might prove unwise, in the event that China pressures Musk to limit network access abruptly, as he has done in certain situations in Ukraine.

    https://qz.com/china-taiwan-starlink-elon-musk-satellite-tensions-1850691740

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    [–] 26 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Why the fuck are they relying on starlink.

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    [–] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Musk is creeping into super-villan territory.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    That's treason,.... is it not?

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Musk needs to be charged with war crimes along with his kremlin allies.

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    Somebody as weak as Musk should not have responsibility like that.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    I really hope Mr free speach doesn't do anything about this scathing entirely accurate tweet about what an egoistical monster Elon is posted on the platform Elon owns.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It’s because Elon finds Putin more relatable than the people Putin is attacking.

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not only a fraud, but also a terrorist support.

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    It's also not a mistake when we know he's buddy buddy with Russia. We know why they did it.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

    There's a good chance Putin is richer than Musk....just saying. And since there is that chance, what are the chances Putin has money in Musk's various businesses?

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