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Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban (Update: Starlink will comply) (www.engadget.com)
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[–] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

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What the heck do you think a dictator is? A billionaire running a country.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I think there is a difference in mentality between people who chase power and people who chase money. Bull Gates certainly chases money, but he's not trying to take over a country somewhere.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    This Bill Gates?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Are you saying he is trying to take over the country by buying all the land? Seems like he's just using land as an investment.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'm saying that buying insane amounts of agricultural land gives him and his family a permanent rent-seeking position over a basic necessity, so yeah, he is taking over a part of the world.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Owning land is not the same as governing land.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not my problem you don't understand the concept of the "ruling class".

    Owning vast capital (and land is capital) does give a degree of undemocratic power over government policy.

    But go ahead and keep letting billionaires buy up everything until we live in a feudalist society. I'm sure nothing will go wrong.

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