Elon Musk was right to cede Starlink access to Pentagon, says biographer
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U.S. billionaire Elon Musk has agreed to sell a portion of Starlink assets to the U.S. Department of Defense, removing himself from decision-making regarding geofencing Ukraine’s access to the satellite internet service, Musk’s biographer Walter Isaacson told The Washington Post on Sept. 13.

U.S. billionaire Elon Musk has agreed to sell a portion of Starlink assets to the U.S. Department of Defense, removing himself from decision-making regarding geofencing Ukraine’s access to the satellite internet service

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
    325·
    10 months ago

    On the one hand, yay for nationalising utilities!

    On the other, not under the already most bloated military in the world who can’t even account for billions of their yearly funding ffs!!

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
        15·
        10 months ago

        I didn’t say they lost them, I said they couldn’t account for them: they were audited a bunch of times and failed by billions every time, probably for the reason you mentioned AND because they get so much money that they don’t feel a need to make an effort to track it all

        • tsuica@lemmy.world
          3·
          10 months ago

          I tend to agree with you, but I’m left wondering if the bureaucratic system would allow this hand-waving approach to budget tracking.

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
            3·
            10 months ago

            Not usually, but due to decades of successful gaslighting and other propaganda, the military is a holy cow that gets ridiculous amounts of leeway compared to everyone else, especially the people who need government assistance the most.