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In reply to the discussion: Rick Wilson is "utterly stunned" that the FBI hasn't kicked down Musk's door [View all]Warpy
(113,040 posts)and Musk is allowed to say what he likes to whomever he likes so long as a state of war doesn't exist.
What should be done is reexamining the security of the Starlink system for US military use since the Russians are also using it pretty freely, their gear bought through the UAE. Starlink is capable of blocking Russia but hasn't done so. Fortinc Muxk to consider which he'd rather have, a bunch of Russians using overpriced, off the shelf gear or a lucrative DOD contract.
Until and unless we are at war with Russia, something I hope will not happen, he's allowed to talk to Putin the way he's allowed to talk to someone friendlier.. Until and unless Congress develops the backbone to regulate social media platforms as public utilities, and I think we can all agree on how vital that is, Musk will be allowed to say what he wants on Xitter and Zuckerberg will be allowed to keep using his shitty algorithm that favors disinformation and right wing cant.
I just watched his interview with Fucker Carlson and yeah, he's a space shot. Other industtrialists in the US past have been equivalent space shots. Once they step outside their area of expertise, they seem to be suckers for ideologues, populists, and other worthless blowhards.
This too shall pass, as anyone who''s ever been constipated knows.