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Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] 35 points 1 year ago (14 children)

I used to like and look up to SpaceX for the interesting stuff that they build,

but nowadays i don't care anymore. The company can fail for all i care. Musk spoiled it.

The tipping point, for me personally, was when Musk seriously threatened to slash public spending in February this year. It shows a clear disrespect to the people, and frankly, a sociopathic attitude.

Musk had everything, lots of money, lots of fame, lots of influence, but he threw it all away when he decided to threaten the wellbeing and lifelyhood of a lot of people just so that rich assholes can make an extra buck through tax cuts.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    SpaceX should be nationalized. We paid for it, it's ours.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I don't know why you didn't just fund NASA properly.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Government agencies can't bribe as good. Our politicians are whipped dogs who sell the free world for less than an F-150 a year in kickbacks.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Who in the current admin would you like to see run it? Because one of them would if it were nationalized. Who would be your pick?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    The current regime is full of ignorant buffoons but at least in that case it would normally be temporary.

    In the private model where the gov pays for everything anyway, the taxpayer pays the cost of doing the thing plus whatever profit the oligarch wants to make and you have no way of switching to another oligarch should the current one becomes unacceptable. There is simply no upside to SpaceX as a private entity

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    It would be under NASA, but the argument is moot, since it wouldn't happen under a MAGA Nazi administration. It will have to wait until Americans take back our government. Then we can nationalize Space X, confiscate the DOGE Goblin's fortune, and deport him back to South Africa.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I wonder what continues to motivate the uber rich to seek more wealth-you simply can't buy any more tangible amount of happiness through material or influence after a point.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Once you have enough money, anything you do makes you money.

    Elon blew 44 billion or Twitter, axed the servers, staff, and the name, and he was able to leverage that into a government job where he could kill investigations into his companies years later. You could say it's intelligence, but I'd say it's a combination of luck, and the resources to blow 44 billion and not have it affect you personally in any way.

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