Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[shavenferret]

Ryuu96 said:

shavenferret said:

I know that there is a lot of criticism for musk on here but to be fair, his Starlink system is one of the reasons that Ukraine is winning. Elon Musk could cut Ukraine off if he wanted, but he hasn't. He is truly ammoral, morally neutral. If I was playing D&D using musk as a character base, he'd be a lawful neutral.
https://www.strategypage.com/default.aspx#google_vignette

Pentagon will buy Starlink terminals for Ukraine that Elon Musk won't be able to disconnect – NYT | Ukrainska Pravda

Can thank US Military/Pentagon for that

Space X is largely propped up by the US Government so anything Musk does to seriously piss them off could literally tank his entire company considering how much he receives in subsidiaries, government contracts, both space and military. So it's more like Musk literally can't, with Pentagon buying them on behalf of Ukraine and with SpaceX's life in the hands of the US Government.

ok. Yeah, definitely.  Like i just said, he's a true neutral kind of guy that has no guiding principles beyond dollar bills to guide him.  It's disheartening how people will do anything for money.  

I wonder if things will return to normal once Putin leaves office.  It's like we are in this bizarre alternate universe or something where the people you'd trust most such as american business leaders and ex-presidents are getting paid off for sympathy to Russia.