Elon Musk’s financial interests put him in a position of having his own personal foreign policy, but new reporting shows that whether it’s manufacturing in China or the Starlink network being used in Ukraine, Musk’s decisions can run counter to stated US policy.

  • zik@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    A proud American who takes money from the US military to provide Starlink service to the military in Ukraine and then deliberately defeats US military interests there when it comes to the pinch. There’s a word for that - a couple actually. Traitor. Treasonous.

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      1 year ago

      Did Musk take direct US military funding prior to those incidents in Ukraine?

      People seem to want state control in a capitalist economy. That’s just not really how capitalism works.