• Doomsider@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    And here I thought Russia was anti-Nazi… Oops their goes all their low effort Ukraine propaganda.

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      Has been for a while. Remember when DOGE was a thing and that whistleblower came out and said that there were IPs in Russia logging into the DOGE created logins within minutes of their creation? DOGE was simply a farce to send national secrets to the Kremlin.

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        Fuck musk. But that’s good? Like USA isn’t a good guy, having had a fat selfish slob dismantle it from the inside is poignant.

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          The US is not perfect, but it was far better than it is now prior to 2016. The orange pedo set the country back 50+ years. Any progress made in my lifetime has been squandered, and I will never forgive either of those 2 for their roles in what they’ve done.

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            The orange pedo set the country back 50+ years.

            Nah.

            The Orange Pedo openly revealed what the country really has been in the last 50 years.

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      Musk is hedging his bets. If the GOP loses the midterms, he’s going to have to flee the US and find a new home in Russia.

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    Calling Musk an “American” is surely stretching the truth a bit, innit?

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        Anyone who legitimately thinks he’s a genius better bring a shovel to their next iq test.

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          Ol’ Pooty-poot is on a strict mushroom diet. Kept in the dark and fed bullshit.

          Perfect environment for Musk to thrive

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      He has lived there since 1989 and has a US citizenship since 2002.

      One can always obviously argue that it doesn’t count and that he is South African because of his Father and because he was born there, and/or Canadian because his mother is Canadian, but in that case the telephone is a Scottish (Alexander Graham Bell), gramophone a Russian (Emile Berliner) and the zipper a Swedish (Gideon Sundback) invention - all made by US immigrants with citizenships.

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        I almost edited my comment to revise my position, and I was waiting for someone to call me out. I’m glad you did. Immigrants built the US (Canada too), and fully earnestly I believe it’s what makes America great. I would be angry if someone questioned, say, Ilhan Omar’s citizenship and patriotism because she was born elsewhere. I can’t not hold that opinion simply because Musk is a piece of shit.

        So without snark, I don’t question his citizenship. I don’t believe he holds the values I think make an “American” (or, uncomfortably, maybe he does…), but for better or for worse, a citizen he is.

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      I can see him mixing up the terms ‘American’ and ‘Asset’. At this point, they are quite synonymous.

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    The guy should immediately have his security clearance revoked for not reporting his exchanges with foreign entities.

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        I think that if we’ve learned anything, it’s that being in those files means nothing.

        At least in a huge portion of the West.

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        But Russia isn’t Israel. That the Mossad could force Musk to do anything they want doesn’t mean, Putin can too.
        I think, this time it’s just Putin genuinely thinking that having his own Starlink would have made the Ukraine war so much easier - especially if his satellites would also have some electronic warfare equipment on board for jamming the real Starlink.

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      What treason? Trump buying from Russia and ending sanctions. This is just the club following the leader.

      We arent in the club so it seems confusing to us

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    “American partnerS”

    So Musk, Trump…and who else is partnering with Putin? Any citizen of the US who partners with Putin is a traitor.

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      I pretty much disagree with Putin on just about everything… well, mostly everything. I think we’d agree that anyone at all who partners with him should be thrown out of a window.

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    The article literally continues by saying that this “close contact” is primarily about avoiding LEO object collisions.

    I’m sure these oligarchs are colluding on other shit, but it’s completely disingenuous to try to frame this particular comment as anything other than for operational purposes.

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      Why would two people as high ranking in their respective “companies” need to talk to discuss something as technical as avoiding LEO collisions? Like how much does either really know about their current constellation configuration? Those are operational level concerns, not CEO/Country Leader level conversations.

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        They would talk to coordinate who to talk to, but that would probably be the end. It can show respect when a CEO reaches out to another CEO to say hey we need to work together on this, who should my guy reach out to at your place. Maybe the occasional update.

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    Ukraine’s defense has been shown, at least in the past, to be crucially dependent on Starlink. So Putin is likely eager to make it as attractive as possible for Musk to turn that off.

    Now, we can argue that having a single man-child idiot like Musk able to turn off things like this isn’t a good idea - but currently that is the case.

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    I’m sure you are in touch trying to keep Krasnov in power and destabilize the Free World! How’s that Special Operation going in Ukraine? Any refineries left and how’s your gas shortages?

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    If a shooter comes for Musk and he’s protecting himself with a child, I don’t mind the child croaking as collateral, as long as this giant cunt is offed.

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      it’s an unpleasant ethical question

      where is the line for what is acceptable for the greater good? how many others would you let die to save one child?

      when only one side plays by stricter morals, the game is unfair

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        Sorry I have absolutely no ethical fucks to give to nazi billionaires pushing for world war 3 or their cursed offspring. These men are destroying countries, people, the motherfucking planet. They must listen to reason or they must be gruesomely killed as examples.