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Market manipulation? Stupidity? In any case, it doesn't have to be political to want to avoid possible problems from a CEO that keeps running afoul of regulator

• whimsicalism 2y ago
  That Musk tweets stupid things that triggered SEC intervention in his running of Tesla seems irrelevant to whether Starlink is the best fit for rural connectivity.
  • kbenson 2y ago
    Am I to take your stance as "whether CEO shows poor decision making with regard to regulatory authorities in his role as CEO is irrelevant to whether his role as a CEO at a company should affect how people assess long-term suitability of products they offer which happen to be highly regulated.", or is it something else?
    • whimsicalism 2y ago
      It's frankly irrelevant to the neutral, technical criteria the government should be using to evaluate rural broadband or other contracts. My bet is that if Musk had not made recent controversial statements, this would not even be a topic of discussion - and it is being discussed due to more recent unpopularity.
      • kbenson 2y ago
        Honestly, I was more referring to the general market portion, not the specific governmental decision making, but that does appear to be the context of this thread, even though I missed it originally. I agree that for governmental decision making his behavior hasn't reached a level I think it can or should affect the process. That said, I'm not sure the process should be completely devoid of past regulatory or legal compliance issues, but I don't know how those could be applied evenly, and in the absence of a good framework for that I agree they shouldn't be considered.