• sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    God damnit, yesterday I explained to someone in another thread what Trump meant when he said he could get Elon to kneel and beg, that Trump as President could revoke EV subsidies and/or heavily influence or defund NASA such that they stop funding SpaceX.

    I did not expect this goddamned moron to just actually say as much, directly, out loud, 12 hours later.

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        3 months ago

        What the parent comment is saying is the implication is that without Elon’s money, he wouldn’t consider EVs. So same meaning.

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          3 months ago

          Saying that he “has no choice” now doesn’t really sound like he’s the one in control of the decision. That’s definitely not the same thing.

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        3 months ago

        No, he said the converse.

        “Opposite” would necessarily suggest a different outcome (i.e. Musk not beholden to Trump).

        (Haven’t had a logic course in literal decades, so maybe someone can correct me if I’m misremembering. I forget how to draw those logic square thingies…)