Perhaps the more fascist behavior is to call for seizing control of a private enterprise because you don’t like the owners politics?

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psd1 a day ago | parent [-]

No, nationalisation is not one of the hallmarks of fascism. Fascism, historically, favoured and co-opted private enterprises that had fascist-aligned leadership. E.g., Elon Musk in the white house.

There is an enormous range between total central control and total laissez-faire. Even America has a national postal service; that does not make it the USSR.

National strategy should not consider Elon's fee-fees

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inemesitaffia a day ago | parent [-]

It's fascism.

You're not going to nationalise it because you won't appropriate the money in the first place anyway.

I remember Europe noping out of buying 40,000 OneWeb terminals for Ukraine.

As for policy, if you think SpaceX is acting contrary to US government policy, you think wrong.

	▲	psd1 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm not American, but I agree that America won't nationalise SpaceX. I don't see political will. SpaceX is a private company operating somewhat as a policy arm of the government, with its CEO literally given power to govern. That is a hallmark of actual fascist governments, e.g. The Fascist Party of Italy. Nationalising it would reduce, not increase, the parallels with fascism. Your framing is bullshit. Others might frame it as "commie", which would also be bullshit, but at least directionally correct. I'm not calling SpaceX or the American government fascist. It would not be helpful. I'm not sure exactly what deals may have been proposed, but OneWeb is not a substitute for Starlink. It has high latency and low capacity. You cannot pilot a drone over OneWeb. Europe is a bit player in space. I don't see the relevance. It's legitimate for America to pick and choose who to sell military tech to. It's concerning that they renege on a whim. It's deeply concerning that the American public supports Ukraine but the white house seems to prefer Russia. I doubt it's indictable, but it's in the direction of treason.