Kim PeralesSep 14, 2023

Good, #Musk is one of America's greatest national security threats:

The Senate Armed Services Committee is probing national-security issues raised by Elon Musk’s decision not to extend the private Starlink satellite network to aid a Ukrainian attack on Russian warships near the Crimean coast.

Chairman Jack Reed said in a statement Thursday the reports on the use of Starlink exposed “serious national-security liability issues & the committee is engaged on this issue.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-14/elon-musk-s-denial-of-ukraine-s-starlink-request-prompts-senate-query?sref=fjrBr5qu#xj4y7vzkg

Elon Musk Denial of Ukraine’s Starlink Request Prompts Senate Probe

The Senate Armed Services Committee is looking into national security issues raised by Elon Musk’s decision not to extend the private Starlink satellite network to aid a Ukrainian attack on Russian warships near the Crimean coast.

Bloomberg
Show threadSane ThinkerSep 15, 2023
@KimPerales All billionaires are security threats. They are also responsible for global poverty. They control everything and are consolidating their power.
Show threadSFborn1940Sep 16, 2023
@gdeihl "And thus the seeds of revolution are sown."
Show threadSane ThinkerSep 16, 2023
@trainman The Starlink thing is serious. That a private citizen can wield that kind of power is frightening. It's like a James Bond villain becoming real. I find the whole billionaire space race appalling, but I suppose predictable, a never ending search for the next conquest akin to wooden ships subduing the globe when that was the height of technology.
Show threadSFborn1940
@gdeihl I don't think we really are private citizens anymore.
Almost all of our behavior and choices are tracked and recorded somewhere.
Starlink is the ultimate control when it can be used to alter events on the ground by one person.
This is indeed a James Bond villain at work.
Sep 16, 2023 at 3:57pmWeb
Show threadSane ThinkerSep 16, 2023
@trainman There is no privacy or autonomy now. Hell, they can turn your car off if you miss a payment now.