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Considering Musk’s history of far-right tendencies, I hope that countries and companies alike are thinking very carefully whether they want critical infrastruc

Considering Musk’s history of far-right tendencies, I hope that countries and companies alike are thinking very carefully whether they want critical infrastructure to be backed by this guy.

tyho 3y ago
What do you mean by "far-right" tendencies?
- ceejayoz 3y ago
  https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601894132573605888 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601894132573605888 https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-san-francisco-d1db5688e11f0b7a82fb4a815f8149f6 https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-... https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-conspiracy-theory-texas-mall-shooter-1234732103/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-m... Further examples abound.
  - junofan 3y ago
    Eh, seems like guilt by association. Plus the 3 A.M. Fauci tweet is objectively funny.
    - ceejayoz 3y ago
      https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1627669410629701636 https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1627669410629701636
- perihelions 3y ago
  "We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it" is unfriendly diplomacy from the perspective of small countries not allied to the US.
- haizhung 3y ago
  I am a bit surprised that this has to be elaborated here (as stories like the following are posted here fairly often), but here you go: - musk openly sharing a German nazi party stance and equating migration with “invasion” [1] - he allows hate speech to proliferate on twitter [2] - he regularly shares conspiracy theories that are common in right wing circles, eg. casted doubt on the fact that the shooter of Allen, Texas was a white nationalist (even though he literally had swastikas tattooed) [3] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/german-government-rebukes-elon-musk-over-refugee-rescue-criticism https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/german-governm... [2] https://phys.org/news/2023-04-analysis-speech-significantly-twitter.html https://phys.org/news/2023-04-analysis-speech-significantly-... [3] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65539698 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65539698
Roark66 3y ago
>Considering Musk’s history of far-right tendencies. I don't remember any far right tendencies, but I sure do remember him cosying up to the Chinese communist party. Yes, it doesn't even take one missile to disable Starlink in a warzone. All it takes is an order from his Chinese overlords threatening they'll take away his factory in China and hell do what they ask.
mylidlpony 3y ago
I think him taking down your starlink access when you are using it is a much more risky part for countries. Already happened to Ukraine as well.
- vuln 3y ago
  > Already happened to Ukraine as well. Could you point to more information on this? According to CNN the Starlink network was never active over Crimea, so there was nothing for Elon to “take down” Ukraine was asking for something more than what Starlink could do with its current infrastructure. Starlink was already providing much needed internet access for the rest of Ukraine though. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biogra...

Considering Musk’s history of far-right tendencies, I hope that countries and companies alike are thinking very carefully whether they want critical infrastructure to be backed by this guy.

tyho 3y ago

What do you mean by "far-right" tendencies?

ceejayoz 3y ago
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601894132573605888 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601894132573605888 https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-san-francisco-d1db5688e11f0b7a82fb4a815f8149f6 https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-... https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-conspiracy-theory-texas-mall-shooter-1234732103/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-m... Further examples abound.
- junofan 3y ago
  Eh, seems like guilt by association. Plus the 3 A.M. Fauci tweet is objectively funny.
  - ceejayoz 3y ago
    https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1627669410629701636 https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1627669410629701636
perihelions 3y ago
"We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it" is unfriendly diplomacy from the perspective of small countries not allied to the US.
haizhung 3y ago
I am a bit surprised that this has to be elaborated here (as stories like the following are posted here fairly often), but here you go: - musk openly sharing a German nazi party stance and equating migration with “invasion” [1] - he allows hate speech to proliferate on twitter [2] - he regularly shares conspiracy theories that are common in right wing circles, eg. casted doubt on the fact that the shooter of Allen, Texas was a white nationalist (even though he literally had swastikas tattooed) [3] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/german-government-rebukes-elon-musk-over-refugee-rescue-criticism https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/german-governm... [2] https://phys.org/news/2023-04-analysis-speech-significantly-twitter.html https://phys.org/news/2023-04-analysis-speech-significantly-... [3] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65539698 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65539698

Roark66 3y ago

>Considering Musk’s history of far-right tendencies. I don't remember any far right tendencies, but I sure do remember him cosying up to the Chinese communist party. Yes, it doesn't even take one missile to disable Starlink in a warzone. All it takes is an order from his Chinese overlords threatening they'll take away his factory in China and hell do what they ask.

mylidlpony 3y ago

I think him taking down your starlink access when you are using it is a much more risky part for countries. Already happened to Ukraine as well.

vuln 3y ago
> Already happened to Ukraine as well. Could you point to more information on this? According to CNN the Starlink network was never active over Crimea, so there was nothing for Elon to “take down” Ukraine was asking for something more than what Starlink could do with its current infrastructure. Starlink was already providing much needed internet access for the rest of Ukraine though. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biogra...