Post BA8JGOrdxwNfUpFIzw by nanook@friendica.eskimo.com
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(DIR) Post #BA86ewUjHVuRLRtsjg by icedquinn@blob.cat
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@winter this sounds like someone is having a discourse about elon musk specifically
(DIR) Post #BA8B7tE6uWK7QLBZGS by icedquinn@blob.cat
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@winter @nanook i was gonna do that but i got a treadmill instead of the gas tank :blobcatnomouth:
(DIR) Post #BA8JGOrdxwNfUpFIzw by nanook@friendica.eskimo.com
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@wyatt @icedquinn @winter I'm not rich nor poor, but I also don't feel entitled to the fruits of other peoples efforts.
(DIR) Post #BA8JGP8IxzhyKV2by4 by icedquinn@blob.cat
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@nanook @wyatt @winter the problem with billionaires is they're exclusively made in tandem with state support, which is the definition of "entitled to fruits of other people's effort."the only one i can think of who didn't ascend this way is Notch, because he was just bought out by a DOD corporate welfare recipient (Microsoft.) whether or not that still counts gets in to transitive closure discourse and meh.there are many millionaires with clean ascents, often inventors or small/mid business entreps.hatred of "the rich" is, typically, the rent-seeking parasite versions.
(DIR) Post #BA8KEUxqPnGTn2nrxg by nanook@friendica.eskimo.com
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@icedquinn @wyatt @winter Yes I do understand the pull of the rich on government, if you contribute to someone's election campaign or otherwise gift them and they are in a position of power, they feel obligated either in return for said gift or out of fear of losing support, to do that persons bidding.I don't consider this ethical, which is why I suggested if you want what they have, study how they got it, don't emulate the unethical behavior.That said, some elicit help from the government because they are building infrastructure we all use. SpaceX would be an example, it cost initially a lot to develop and now it's providing space access at a fraction of the cost at what NASA did. It's also providing internet in places it was previously unavailable. So when government investment in turn provides value, I see nothing wrong there.
(DIR) Post #BA8KEVKX3RPevPPzKC by icedquinn@blob.cat
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@nanook @wyatt @winter nasa was expensive in part because congress saddled them down with costly, cold-war era mandates sometimes incurring permanent ongoing costs just so they could run a single mission (or possibly do so.)the state is now paying elon to hire nasa employees to work on projects nasa already wanted to do :blobcatgoogly:
(DIR) Post #BA8KlV4f1kPlgfjCds by icedquinn@blob.cat
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@wyatt @nanook @winter i looked in to it. their standby plan would have been good to keep as a backup. we ultimately didn't.lot of other people had similar ideas; buying the smol dish and having it around as a "can turn it on if shit hits the fan" is appealing, but elon's extractivity has scuffed it (starlink gets mad if you leave your plan in standby "too much")
(DIR) Post #BA8LMIs9M8KcYhQQxk by icedquinn@blob.cat
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@wyatt @nanook @winter i have my discomforts that their "infinity trillion dollar" valuation is actually measuring the DOD backdoor and not SPCX itself.in a way i can't prove it has this shape about smuggling the funds to a "private" company so it can't be subjected to oversight, even though the majority of the launcher project is living off state programs (and starling, by extension, is both permitted by the state who approves all sat internet, and relies on the launchers the DOD pays for)
(DIR) Post #BA8LSAx1iiVzjEVT6G by nanook@friendica.eskimo.com
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@icedquinn @wyatt @winter Yes but they are paying elon 1/10th of what it cost them to do it themselves and he's doing it more safely. I see nothing wrong in that.Don't get me wrong, I understand the frustration that some people use wealth unfairly. In 2020, when the Covid vax came out, I monitored VAERS and did not like a lot of what I was seeing, so I posted about this on Facebook, and I didn't tell anyone not to get the vax, I did say this is what I am seeing and it is of concern so i recommend being aware, know the risks and weigh them against the benefits. Facebook banned me.I could stew in resentment, but I chose to build my own platform, which today is this friendica site I am posting from https://friendica.eskimo.com, today 7200+ users, and part of the fediverse.We all face adversity and there will always be people who have more than what we have. The question is do we stew in resentment, or improve our own condition and perhaps that of others around us? I choose the latter, but whatever you choose know that you do have agency, you do have a choice.
(DIR) Post #BA8LSBPO1HCT9Bm7Iu by icedquinn@blob.cat
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@nanook @wyatt @winter > more safelyhe isn't doing anything. their operations manager is.he makes literally everything he touches turn to shit and ops is having to fight him to get the fuck out of the room at all times.dude literally tried to bully the tesla factory to stop using OSHA orange caution floors because it wasn't aesthetic.
(DIR) Post #BA8M06LXLYgdIF9Em0 by icedquinn@blob.cat
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@nanook @winter @wyatt probably a good time to run through other great hits by elon musk- the car--a machine primarily used outdoors--which rusts in real time when left outdoors.- also the panels fall off, lmao- promised brain chips in your mall by this summer (7 years ago)- promised a maglev subway, delivered a human taxi service- founded OpenAI to democratize AGI, proceeded to not do that and now its neither democratized and is actually becoming a significant problem socioeconomically- bought twitter, locked himself out of his own goddamn office through incompetence- nobody in a professional context has ever said a nice thing about this man. somehow. even george soros' skill is admired by finance guys. nobody seems to know what elon has ever done personally.the guy is a living potemkin factory its fucking astounding