• jackmarxist [any]@hexbear.net
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      He just doesn’t want his satellites to be shot out of their orbits because that’s exactly what many countries will do once Starlink gets used for large military operations.

      • Raphaël A. Costeau@lemmy.ml
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        It was along these lines that I was thinking. All Xitter’s nonsense made it surprising to see Musk acting rationally even to protect his own companies.

      • Mzuark@lemmygrad.ml
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        And they would be justified in doing so. Can you imagine a weapon system that can coordinate a massive drone attack anywhere in the world?

      • COMHASH@lemmygrad.mlOP
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        That’s true but that could have provoked a bigger escalation, probably a nuke war and at that time westerners were bloodlust for Russians

    • Better Red Than Dead@lemmygrad.ml
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      I think it’s more rational self interest, which he always shows. His rationality is completely centered around greed and egoism from what I have seen, so I would assume he does that because it would not be profitable for him if he did that

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      Musk proposed the partition and negotiation plan in 2022 when Westerners were calling to nuke Russia 🤣. Atleast he was like hey i dont want to get nuked by Russia.