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by kossTKR 964 days ago
Isn't Starlink basically a part of the US military-industrial complex hiding behind stories of private enterprise, just like many other Silicon Valley companies intricate relationship with the security state as laid out in Yasha Levines Surveillance Valley?
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you're thinking of Starshield
Actually not, infrastructure has great geopolitical and geostrategic importance as laid out in the book just mentioned by Levine.

Those who control the data flow, access, search etc. control surveillance and the minds of the masses which is why funding is often seen from the sec state.

most definitely yes. they can see me typing now
Military industrial MEDIA complex.