You really think the US military would start killing their own on the command from the president?
From what my buddy in the US Army tells me there's a lot of political maneouvering going on that basically circumvents a lot of shit that Elon's stupid ass tried to force on them.
I did the same last spring when prices started normalizing and tending more towards msrp. Almost a year later and I'm still sitting on a now 11yo cpu with new a GPU.
I should have ordered RAM+mobo during bfcm but only managed to squeeze a CPU into the budget at that time. I'll be sitting on the old CPU a little longer.
Edit: this might be a good time to buy an Intel Arc GPU.
The problem is an aging countryside population that consumes terrestrial broadcast only. All terrestrial broadcast is controlled by the current government. Young people overwhelmingly support lgbtq rights and the party votes keep shifting year over year towards the opposition the past few years as old people die due to neglected healthcare.
Here's the illegal "gay parade" in Budapest from this last summer:
FYI, this is very similar to what is going on in Canada right now: the post is a crown corporation, meaning it's a federal entity funded by the public through taxes and the carrier fees. Package delivery is their highest volume, but they have an exclusive right to letter mail. The government was debating axing the service, but the postal union pushed back hard with month long strikes.
The argument for axing the service has two flaws:
corporations will fill in the gap: they will not. They will take over the service and monopolize it (or collude). And when it's a necessity that people have to rely on, they will jack up prices and ask for government subsidy to keep it going. Basically all that was created was a middleman taking their cut...
the service has to be profitable: it doesn't. Government services don't have to be profitable. Sure, it's nice when they are, but that's not the point of a service and the government can balance budget elsewhere, like selling energy for example. It's infrastructure, not a business venture.
So yes, as the lady said, the world is watching for sure.
Adrian Zenz, the only guy, who's never been to China, that is ever getting quoted by every sinophobic BBC article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Zenz