silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhy Does Elon Musk Still Have a Security Clearance? The U.S. government seems to think he’s too big to fail.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1828arrow-down110cross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
arrow-up1818arrow-down1external-linkWhy Does Elon Musk Still Have a Security Clearance? The U.S. government seems to think he’s too big to fail.www.theatlantic.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square82fedilinkcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up32·2 months agoOr a very good one. If it’s too big to fail, then it’s already a problem.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebarlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·2 months agoThe government forcibly taking ownership of a business is a bad thing. Just let the business fail.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months agoWhat if all the funding already comes from the government?
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoAnd then it dominos into other things failing.
minus-squareGoodEye8@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoSo if your ISP goes under and it’s the only option in your area you’d rather be without internet than have a nationalized internet, even if the government is not allowed to snoop your data?
Or a very good one. If it’s too big to fail, then it’s already a problem.
The government forcibly taking ownership of a business is a bad thing.
Just let the business fail.
What if all the funding already comes from the government?
And then it dominos into other things failing.
So if your ISP goes under and it’s the only option in your area you’d rather be without internet than have a nationalized internet, even if the government is not allowed to snoop your data?