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Call me conspiratorial, but I do find it weird that first there were these 'peace plans' from Musk, than reports of Starlink problems in Ukraine, then claims ab
by sega_sai 4y ago
Call me conspiratorial, but I do find it weird that first there were these 'peace plans' from Musk, than reports of Starlink problems in Ukraine, then claims about the conversations with Putin (that Musk denied), followed now by the request for money from the Pentagon by Musk, otherwise he'll have to stop operating Starlink over Ukraine.
Maybe there is no connection between all these events, but I'm a bit sceptical of that.
- wmf 4y agoThe "problem" is that Ukrainian troops are advancing into cells that were not activated because they were Russian-held. You can see this on the map (assuming it's up-to-date): https://www.starlink.com/map https://www.starlink.com/map No conspiracy theory is needed to explain this.
- sega_sai 4y agoThat sounded plausible to me initially, but then other news came in (as well as continued reports of issues with starlink). But it is possible that there is nothing sinister here.
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- superchroma 4y agoMusk likes to look good. He weighs in on notable events to boost his brand. He is also an extremely savvy investor who is very greedy, and has routinely manipulated markets for profit. Considering he is willing to roll over for the chinese (with a direct link between tweet and outcome), I don't trust him. It's not cute anymore.
- sega_sai 4y agoYes I agree. I don't care if Musk trolls about twitter or about crypto or gamestop stocks, but here we're are talking about people's lives.
- jhgb 4y ago> followed now by the request for money from the Pentagon by Musk As far as I'm aware, this didn't "follow" but was actually the first event, predating the other by weeks.