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by taway_6PplYu5 887 days ago
> The idea that a private individual, no matter how wealthy is able to literally exact a toll on society is ridiculous.

Key recent articles on how the US government is dependent on Elon Musk; how Ukraine depends on Starlink for communications, and how Elon is talking DIRECTLY AND IN PERSON to Putin, while watching Ukrainian troop movements live by monitoring Starlink usage.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-sha...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/elon-musk-pu...

Elon Musk is “wired for war.” At least, that’s what Musk has told Walter Isaacson, https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/elon-...

2 comments

Directly and in person?
You're frankly spreading nonsense...Starlink remained active in Ukraine at all times. Musk only refused to activate it in Crimea, where it was never activated before because of sanctions [1]. After that, the U.S. military signed a formal contract and now decides whether to activate it or not.

Musk admitted to talking to Putin a few times. But you've somehow cooked up a conspiracy of him actively monitoring Ukrainian troop movements and feeding the info back to Putin...seriously?

1- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66752264

Has he admitted to talking to Putin?