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>Can’t say this doesn’t smell just a little political. The President of the United States very publicly called for Musk and his companies to be investigated ba
by foooorsyth 3y ago
>Can’t say this doesn’t smell just a little political.
The President of the United States very publicly called for Musk and his companies to be investigated back in November of ‘22. Ironically, this was because of supposed relationships with other countries.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/biden-says-elon-musks-relationships-with-other-countries-worthy-being-looked-at-2022-11-09/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/biden-says-elon-musks-rel...
So he deserves investigation due to foreign business relationships, then gets sued for not hiring (edge-case) foreigners to build state of the art rocket technology. Cue the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song.
- ethanbond 3y ago[flagged]
- foooorsyth 3y agoBoth laws in this case being related to business relationships with potential adversaries of the United States, with the Executive branch straddling arguably opposing public positions. But you already understood that and you’re pretending that the irony isn’t there because you don’t like Musk, right?
- ethanbond 3y agoNo I really don’t see any conflict between “don’t collaborate with officials of a foreign government” and “don’t discourage foreign-born people from applying for jobs that you offer.”
- foooorsyth 3y ago[flagged]
- ethanbond 3y agoUh oh! I just might be. Can you explain what the conflict is between those two positions?
- foooorsyth 3y ago[flagged]
- ethanbond 3y ago[flagged]