Starlink Has Privatized Geopolitics

From Ukraine to Iran, Elon Musk’s service has become an arbiter of foreign policy.

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@glassdelusion it's also a typical #LateStageCapitalism problem, because #NaturalMonopolies don't belong #privatized, but either in oublic ownership by the state or setup as an entity that needs to maintain #infrastructure!
Where #Public Lands Stand As We Enter 2026. A mass sell off? More lay offs? #Privatized #nationalparks? This isn’t about predicting the future, it’s the facts about where the war on America’s public lands stands right now. #NPS #Fish #Wildlife #parks #monuments #nationalparkservice #outdoors #recreation #fishing #hunting #maga #project2025 #environment #congress #budget #funding #politics #gop #republicans #trump #legislation https://substack.com/home/post/p-184716339 #volunteers
Where Public Lands Stand As We Enter 2026

A mass sell off? More lay offs? Privatized national parks? This isn’t about predicting the future, it’s the facts about where the war on America’s public lands stands right now.

Wes Siler’s Newsletter

https://authoritarian-stack.info/

"Under the banner of "patriotic tech", this new bloc [#tech #fascists] is building the #infrastructure of #control#clouds, #AI, #finance, #drones, #satellites—an integrated system we call the #Authoritarian #Stack. It is faster, #ideological, and fully #privatized: a regime where #corporate #boards, not public law, set the rules.

Our investigation shows how these firms now operate as #state-like powers—writing the #rules, winning the tenders, and exporting their model to Europe, where it poses a direct challenge to democratic governance"

The Authoritarian Stack

How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

@georgetakei
Back when #DOGE starting firing thousands for no reason, I explained to a friend:

"They're trying to prove we don't need government, and for the few things we DO need government for, those things can be #Privatized."

When they #Shutdown the government, I made the point again.

Defunding medical research is just the latest extension of this extreme RW push to #privatize everything. 🤬

Seen thru that lens, it all starts to make sense.

@paul I guess we see "#Gleichschaltung", but #privatized here...
I was at #USPSBishopStChicago yesterday. A woman screaming ‘Privatize’. I told her our #USPS is a service to ALL citizen here in #USA, so go to private FedEx / UPS / RPS if she doesn’t like the #Service. I told her #Republicans have been destroying the #USPS to privatize since 50 years past. ‘I can’t #Afford to send my Mail #Privatized’, I said. She replied ‘I can’. I replied, ‘Then go to #FedEx to #Send your mail forever. Our USA provides us with things WE shouldn’t complain about.
Debra Couwenberg (@debracouwenberg) on Threads

And just like that…. It’s gone. Danielle Smith is all smoke and mirrors, this is what she’s hiding. This is what she’s doing to Alberta. Knowledge is power my fellow Albertans! We have to stop her!

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What happens if Amtrak gets privatized? 

Experts warn it would lead to higher prices, worse service, and a major reduction in rural routes.

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