Only if you consider the weapons Western governments purchased to either supply to Ukraine or to replace stocks donated to Ukraine to also be extortion on behal

Only if you consider the weapons Western governments purchased to either supply to Ukraine or to replace stocks donated to Ukraine to also be extortion on behalf of the MIC. It's reasonable for SpaceX to want to be paid for providing an essential service for a conflict that seems likely to be a lot more prolonged than initially expected. All this "extortion" thing has done is ensure that the next time someone asks for emergency aid from SpaceX or Tesla, they'll be a lot more conservative in their aid lest they get burned again. No good deed goes unpunished after all.