@atax1a #WallOftext
All I can see of the conversation thread is he mention of a cliche & old brinksmanship refusing to allow a new idea.

I'm open to hear otherwise, but the reason there is anything to argue about right now is, to me, the massive desire to fix party oligarchy. Everything is always a young vs. old schism rather than a class-based one. How we think, what we can access, how resources are devoted to new projects, etc. How many billionaires under 30 are walking around controlling society to block social change? They're all old, telling us what not to think, & clinging to control with a death grip. The older generation is polluted by their viewpoint bias & needs to be disregarded. If they didn't come to the table they have lost their chance to now. They need to let their kids be free thinkers & even freer doers. That's why we're dealing with the problem of discord.

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#WallOfText

As someone who remembers watching the hearing on C-SPAN where they decided to make this possible, this is interesting. Musk was asking to launch things for N.A.S.A. only to be politely told the laws had to be changed before that could happen. As someone who paid more attention to space than most & had a friend work for N.A.S.A. after graduation, I had been frustrated by the public money bottleneck into space. Adding a non-state option seemed like a good thing.

Later, on the radio, during an unrelated interview, another (not Musk) business-owner was asked if capitalist motivations wouldn't kill an regular civilian eventually. The businessman shouted back enthusiastically, "yes!" They wanted so many workers & homesteaders that the first pedestrian death in space would be inevitable. Like with the billionaire submarine recently, like with the recent Boeing software glitch, & like with the Challeneger at N.A.S.A., the problems were introduced by managers who lacked expertise within their own fields. (For those keeping score: Stockton Rush, McDonnell Douglas' executive team, & Ronald Reagan's staff.) All of them overrode an engineer(s) who knew better. This is why competent management is something you shouldn't leave to business majors. They think you win by bullying everyone, but lose when they try to bully the physics. The engineer with a passion is the only important voice in safety because they know where the matter breaks.

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