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  • Govt Suggests TAKING/NATIONALIZING Musk's StarLink Network

    From 24k.305@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 17 00:19:35 2023
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    https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/russia-at-war/starlink-elon-musk-ukraine-satellites/

    Starlink plays key role in Ukraine: Should Musk have the power?

    “With little regulation and oversight, his (Musk's) erratic
    and personality-driven style has increasingly worried militaries
    and political leaders around the world,” the Times wrote.

    . . .

    The other day, "Buckaroo Banzai" came on. During it,
    a ranking 'DOD official" argued to the POTUS that if
    Buckaroo wouldn't give the govt his dimension-smashing
    jet car, well, they should just TAKE it - for national
    security reasons.

    It was meant as a bit of cynical satire about how
    govt functionaries think.

    This sounds like basically the exact SAME kind of thinking.

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  • From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 18 11:39:12 2023
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    During WW1 Wilson nationalised telephony, creating the ATT monopoly.

    (I found that from the HBS case study on ATT.)

    The left (esp the comms unions) argues telephony should be natioanlised
    on the grounds the Constitution calls for nationalised post office.

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  • From 51b.1055@21:1/5 to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co on Sat Aug 19 23:17:10 2023
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    On 8/18/23 7:39 AM, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
    During WW1 Wilson nationalised telephony, creating the ATT monopoly.

    (I found that from the HBS case study on ATT.)

    Given the times, and the big war we were getting
    into, I can see WHY he might have thought that to
    be a good thing. It wasn't really however ...

    'Radio stations' really weren't a thing in 1917 or
    he'd have probably created a US 'BBC' as well.

    The left (esp the comms unions) argues telephony should be natioanlised
    on the grounds the Constitution calls for nationalised post office.

    But is telephony (or 'The Net') a "post office" ???

    They can emulate some functions of a postal service
    but not all. I still send tax documents and certain
    critical bills via the postal service rather than
    'online' or by phone. A tangible service with tangible
    and legally-recognized kinda un-forgable receipts for
    sending/receiving is still vital. UPS or Amazon can give
    you a receipt for such, but it's not govt, not under
    govt scrutiny, your 'proof' COULD be contested.

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