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I understand no one here likes Elon. But does it mean we find justifications for our collective bias in everything his companies do?
by sidcool 3mo ago
I understand no one here likes Elon. But does it mean we find justifications for our collective bias in everything his companies do?
- kaliqt 3mo agoYes, it would seem so.
- mparramon 3mo agoI like him! :D
- sidcool 3mo agoI don't like him. I don't hate him either. He's not a thing in my life. But the companies are, SpaceX etc. do impact me. Basically I would hate to see HN become Reddit.
- singingtoday 3mo agoIt's definitely happening
- esperent 3mo agoIt's an American company polluting the night sky for the entire world, for a service that will ultimately be access gated by the US government/private industry. That's where the negative sentiment is coming from. Who cares which of the many equally shitty US billionaires/oligarchs is funding it?
- gordonhart 3mo agoDo you feel the same way about Guowang and Qianfan, two very real very large constellations notably not funded by US billionaires?
- throwaway132448 3mo agoThis is a dumb question given that being funded by a US billionaire is what shapes their opinion.
- inemesitaffia 3mo agoAnd are also worse in several ways?
- throwaway132448 3mo agoWhy do you put the onus on everyone else to make excuses? It sounds very entitled.
- sidcool 3mo agoI did not get it. But may be the onus is to not have a collective bias?
- lysace 3mo agoRelevant news from the past week: "A joint investigation by The Insider, Der Spiegel, and Le Monde": https://theins.press/en/inv/294635 https://theins.press/en/inv/294635 Basically Russia and China are collaborating in taking down Starlink. Leaked documents showing the plans. They don't mention social media opinion shaping, but then again the leaked documents are from 2023.