I’d like to see more substantial consequences for consciously and deliberately sabotaging a war operation using a service the pentagon paid him to provide.
If any of us did that we’d be behind bars
Buddy we wouldn’t even make it to trial.
He didn’t sabotage it though, as another user pointed out (with sources) he had already turned off starlink awhile ago and didn’t want to turn it back on for just this strike.
The richest man in the world facing consequences for his actions? Not in this timeline.
Ukraine should invite him to visit the country post war and then chuck his ass into jail. Or ask for his extradition.
Well, he’s not a representative of any state, so technically assassination wouldn’t be an act of war…
I’m not advocating, just pointing out that as an individual, his position is a bit more precarious than I think he realizes.
Musk is an absolute sociopath, but there’s actually a logic to this.
Apparently the US has extremely tight export controls for telecomm tech used for war, and Starlink was concerned that by Ukraine using it in an offensive way it would result in the US or other countries classifying Starlink as military tech, thereby limiting where they can export it. That would be really bad for Starlink, of course, which is why they specified at the beginning that Ukraine should only use it for civilian goals (hospitals, schools, government, etc).
I assume the contract between Starlink and the Pentagon covers that, but I haven’t researched that far.
Musk can’t be licensed to run a telecommunications company and just do that. It must be stipulated by contract.
Who regulates spectrum in disputed territory? As an operator you have to pick who you’re willing to piss off more, Russia has nukes and the capability to physically disrupt the Starlink network.
The International Telecommunications Union which is part of the UN. More importantly, US law is applicable, and it says you can’t do such a thing unless you stipulate in ontract that you can.
neither ignorance nor ego, elon musk is simply a big wet sloppy nazi cunt. simple.
In this case he stymied the Nazis though.
Wow this comment section looks like a Raytheon board meeting.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A furious Ukrainian official has blasted Elon Musk after it was revealed the SpaceX and Starlink founder sabotaged a stealth attack on Russia when he refused to grant access to satellites.
According to Musk’s biographer, that meant during an undercover Ukrainian operation in the Crimean coastal region of Russia, the Twitter owner ordered satellite communications be shut down.
In an excerpt viewed by CNN, Musk’s biographer Walter Isaacson writes that Ukrainian drones packed with explosives were headed towards a Russian naval fleet before the tech titan made the order.
Although some of Musk’s backers on the platform supported his decision, others believe Musk—an unelected figure now playing a major role in a global conflict—isn’t qualified to make such calls.
Continuing the conversation on the social media site—which Musk purchased last year for $44 billion—the entrepreneur called for a truce between Ukraine and Russia: “Every day that passes, more Ukrainian and Russian youth die to gain and lose small pieces of land, with borders barely changing.
“Elon, you make great cars (and a lot of money), but that doesn’t qualify you in any way to tip the scales in an existential fight for freedom for the people of Ukraine,” responded Bill Browder, a human rights campaigner and CEO of investment fund Hermitage Capital Management, adding: “Russia started this war, Ukraine is defending itself.
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if it wasn’t this bitches would be complaining that he’s providing internet for war shit lol
Oh lawd they slammin
I had an epiphany today: Jonathan Coulton’s the future soon is a song about Elon #Musk.
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I was listening to the Doubleclicks’ Lasers and Feelings and had a realization that it could be the counterpart to The Future Soon.
Then I went back to listen to it and had a second epiphany about the narrator of the latter being Musk :)
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This was over a year ago, musk is a shithead fascist but this just reeks of scapegoating for the failed offensive.
