No private individual should have the power to determine US foreign policy- Reich

The Guardian, because they love the little dictator

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He’s Exhibit A on why billionaire wealth should be taxed, why we must get big money out of politics, why billionaires shouldn’t be allowed to buy up major media, and why our government shouldn’t give them huge military contracts.

I’m talking about Elon Musk, of course.

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This month, Musk slowed “the speeds at which Ukrainian hardware could stay connected to the satellite-based network … rendering some offensive drones and interceptor drones virtually useless”.

According to the Journal, “Musk and Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call soon after the slowdown became public.”

Who gave Musk authority to slow his satellite service in the first place? Musk finally admitted this weekend that he had pulled the plug because, he wrote on Twitter/X: “Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people.”

So Musk can decide on his own when a foreign country working alongside the United States against a brutal dictator can have access to vital US intelligence?

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Because NO one, even the Chinese who are desperately trying to deploy their own version, can compete with SpaceX's system.

And Reichie... Don't... Leikie

You'll recall, Starlink was being used for things it wasn't supposed to be used for. Ukraine and their leader, the mighty midget (something Reich knows quite a bit about) were strapping them on drones then taking out military targets, soldiers, etc.

So Musk started throttling them (I wish he would have done something more drastic).

First, the little (Ukrainian) midget spoke out. "How dare you"... sorry wrong midget again. But Ukraine did bitch, saying their new style of military warfare required starlink, to save their citizens.

But as poster trinidadtiger pointed out...

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Its akin to loaning your car to someone and they use it to rob a bank. You take back the car and they scream....now my kids cant get to school, and the world screams at you for depriving children.

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That didn't stop democrats (and some RINO's) from balking though. Nationalize it. Stop it, no one individual should have this much power...

SpaceX has been creating a military version of Starlink called Starshield. And I believe Ukraine has been moved to it, where it is under control of the US government.

Roberto Reich does not like him having all of this power. He wants the government to take control, nationalize this. And all of the liberals said Amen.