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[–] 165 points 2 years ago (23 children)

Stop giving him money. That's the key to every problem.

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  • [–] 56 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    Now we need to get NASA and the DOD to stop giving him money too.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    are there any other viable domestic rocket companies that launch as often as SpaceX does?

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    There is absolutely nothing these over-hyped "space" companies can do that the US couldn't do far better and far cheaper through NASA itself - you know, just like they did when they sent astronauts to the moon?.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    that's a fair point but it was also politically necessary to spend half a billion or more per launch to "show the ruskies who the real superpower was" - and a lot of the tech was still being developed. now, 50 years on, the tech is much more established, materials science has matured, and it's cheaper for a non-government organization to perform the launches.

    getting nasa involved is just going to involve gratuitous spending and pork barrel politics - look towards the SLS program. vastly over budget with not much to show for it. rounding down, you could buy every single launch SpaceX has made this year and still have a few billion $$$ in spare change left over for the cost of SLS... and it's flown, what? once?

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    But he already had all the money the moment he was born

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Exactly. In just a few thousand years, he'll run out of money as long as he keeps buying yachts every day.

    But no, seriously, if we want him to be less relevant it's pretty simple. Stop going to Twitter (fuck x, i won't call it that ever) don't buy tesla, and lobby against SpaceX. At least, until Elon has no control (edit: and financial benefit) over any of those.

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    [–] 87 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Stop using his shitty services and supporting him. This is not a hard thing to grasp.

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  • [–] 80 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Leave X and let it die, like you should have done when the butt-musk bought the site a year ago. Durr.

    I can't believe people still use that site in light of everything we know about Musk. It should have been a ghost town months ago.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I still can't believe people even used it before Musk bought it. Literally any other forum is more effective for engaging with others and being able to follow a discussion.

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

    What can anyone do about it?

    Stop buying from companies he owns.

    Stop using services he owns.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is why I haven't flown with SpaceX

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Same. Any minute now I'd be taking my daily jaunt around space, but alas, the major players in the space are Bezos and Musk, so because of my principled stance (and nothing else!) I am going to shit post on the fediverse instead and then maybe play some video games.

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Why does the worker class, the larger of the two classes, not simply eat the ruling class?

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    [–] 36 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Ignore him. The more people forget about him, the more worthless he becomes, in any sense of the word.

    Don't type his name. Don't seek him out. Don't write fucking articles about him. Delete him.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    So you're saying the premier American car manufacturer/rocket builder is an anti-Semite?

    I'm shocked!

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    tesla is not the premier car manufacturer. Their cars are dogshit with terrible QC... they just got the current gen tech out before the others (by cutting corners).

    as for space ex, their success is largely in spite of his meddling. he has no freaking clue what he's doing with an aerospace company.

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    [–] 30 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Just create an account on Mastodon and slowly move over.

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Elon Musk is an antisemite. What can anyone do about it?

    Make him take off his pants and sit on a lighted Menorah.

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    I mean... legally? No, not really.

    Extra-legally? He has a security team. They could easily arrange an "accident".

    Now, sure, extra-judicial executions are generally bad, but I'm willing to make exceptions for billionaires and nazis. And wouldn't you know, this guy is both.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Elect him as the president?

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