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It kind of doesn't matter if this is the best choice or not. If Elon wants to occupy the position he does in the government, he needs to remove his companies fr
by ralusek 2y ago
It kind of doesn't matter if this is the best choice or not. If Elon wants to occupy the position he does in the government, he needs to remove his companies from the pool of government contracts.
I like DOGE's stated objectives. I like SpaceX, and Starlink. They probably ARE a better choice than Verizon. It doesn't matter.
That being said, do I think that bankers and defense contractors and tech companies and oil execs etc have not bought their way into similarish positions of influence for the last many decades? Probably. But Elon's power at the moment feels far less bounded and far more arbitrary.
- doublerabbit 2y agoVerizon has a valid solid network when you're outside of the consumer network. In the business world, Verizon is actually pretty decent and very established. Verizon business is very different to Verizon consumer. It does matter, imo. You don't want planes to lose communication with base. Satellite has its faults and his ISP has only been around for five years.