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DeadWorld@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

Elon Musk has gained a concerning level of power over US national security | Robert Reich

www.theguardian.com

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Elon Musk has gained a concerning level of power over US national security | Robert Reich

www.theguardian.com

DeadWorld@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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With SpaceX, Starlink and X, Musk has more foreign policy sway than probably any unelected person in US history
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  • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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    more concerning is that he has the mental maturity of a five year old. If CEOs pressing the nuclear missile buttons in the Fallout series seemed like an exaggeration, look at Elon and think again.

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      Vault Tec starting the war was by far the most realistic part of the story. Even when it was revealed in the games, long before the series, my reaction was “Duh”.

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        According to the games it was China that started the Great War. In the TV series, they hinted at plans of VaulTec to profit off of their vaults with starting off the war with a first strike.

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          In the TV series, they hinted at plans of VaulTec to profit off of their vaults with starting off the war with a first strike.

          HINTED? They flat out SHOWED it happening!

        • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          Yeah I was gonna say… I remember playing that DLC set in Alaska (or like a simulation of the battle that took place in Alaska?) where they talk about China striking first.

          That DLC was dope.

          • Bonesince1997@lemmy.world
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            Chinese stealth suit baby!

        • Hugin@lemmy.world
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          The war was VaulTec’s intended plan and they arranged for China to launch the first strike.

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      Horizon Zero Dawn did a really good study on the ego of a tech billionaire.

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      What if he is not mentally a 5 year old but people keep letting him do what he wants and he is trying to keep pushing that envelope.

      Him acting like a 5 year old and getting away with it is also on society imo.

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    deleted by creator

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    This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.

  • clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world
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    Yup, and yet america will not do anything

    • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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      Maybe a citizen will.

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        Two already tried.

        (I know, I know)

      • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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        Meddlesome priest CEO

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    Immigrants, amirite?

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    This is conjecture but don’t Teslas record everything around them. Couldn’t that be a form of distributed surveillance/botnet or something?

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      https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/

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      • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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        That’s even more terrifying.

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        There are privacy options to opt in to this, but it’s not on by default.

        Assuming you can trust the options anyway.

        Edit: I do think it will share the video in the event of an accident or vehicle break in though even when not opted in.

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      Even if Tesla itself doesn’t do that, it’s something to be concerned about in case a vulnerability is found that allows remote access to the camera’s (or worse any local video recordings that may exist).

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    Concerning.

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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      ?

      • LucidNightmare@lemm.ee
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        It’s how Elongated Muskrat spreads his dumbass conspiracy theories.

        Elongated Muskrat posts an obviously fake picture of something that dumbasses will latch on to with no second thought “Concerning” or “This needs to be looked at”

        • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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          I know

          He sometimes boosts misinformation by commenting ‘?’ or ‘!’.

        • koper@feddit.nl
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          🤔🤔🤔 https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions

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            Haha! I had forgotten about the emoji. He’s such a fucking loser.

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    And if he ever tries to screw over the country by threatening US national security or blackmailing over it, I hope the relevant 3 letter agencies come knocking on his door one night, whisking him away to a place nobody will ever see him again.

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      Nah, nationalize his shit right out from under him, draft his executives and explain to them the terms Chain of Command and UCMJ. That’s the kind of thing billionaires are actually afraid of.

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      <Beach Boys voice>

      Ooh, we wanna take him to Guantanamo Take him there fast Where he’ll get tortured slow That’s where we want him to go Way down to Guantanamo

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      He’s rich enough to get several warnings before someone maybe considers bringing charges against him.

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    Looking into this

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    The whole country is conserning

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    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/26/elon-musk-us-national-security

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