Why would Musk do this? It seems notable that one of Musk’s heroes is the current president of Argentina, Javier Milei, who has been credited with taking a “chainsaw” to the nation’s government. Milei, an avowed “free market,” “anti-woke” libertarian, took office in December of 2023, and has instituted what he calls an “austerity” budget, characterized by economic “shock treatment.” This strategy has involved making deep cuts to government spending on social welfare programs, devaluing the peso, and cutting thousands of government jobs, all in the hope of some vague libertarian glowup in the near to far future.

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    Somebody doesn’t want his government contracts and subsidies to be ended.

    I hope Harris wins so this asshole gets absolutely destroyed and deported.

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      The US that was mostly funding SpaceX should have access to most of the parents that I’m sure they have if they are funding it. It’s wild that a lot of the work that could benefit the future generation that was funded by the current generations is owned by a corporation.

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        99% of their “innovation” comes from pubic sector academia or stuff NASA already figured out anyway.

        IMO SpaceX shouldn’t have exclusive rights to any of it, really

        The only thing they’re really bringing to the table is money. NASA could be doing exactly the same stuff if the government actually treated it as a priority.

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      It matters not who the president is. Elon musk is in the rich boys club. Ain’t nothing will happen to him. The best we can do is hope for a disease to take him out.