• Gpennyhigh@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    This is why stuff like this should not be privately controlled and people and companies with more money and power than whole nations. It’s wrong and not supposed to allow this with laws against monopolies, but failed again and the rich do what they want.

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      6 hours ago

      I am not sure about the “temporary” and “limited” though. Also, it is not just about Ukraine. The Russian regime obviously wants to talk about splitting up entire Europe between itself and the US, without anyone from the EU at the table, obviously.

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        Exactly, I think we are in agreement here - a truce handing Crimea, Donbas, and Luhansk to Russia as their newly undisputed territories would most certainly not create a political atmosphere stopping any future Russian actions over territories in Moldova, Georgia, Estonia and even into Latvia, Lithuania & Poland.

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          6 hours ago

          Especially if part of the deal is a amputating NATO in all the countries Russia plans to invade next.

  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    There’s other providers. ViaSat is one. Amazon Leo is another. So this is being announced as a message to Musk/Trump/Putin. But I don’t know, perhaps Trump has organized competitors be turned lff, or forbidden them?

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    12 hours ago

    another reason on why we should not trust and rely on big tech and should restrict their power.

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      6 hours ago

      Technically the US government does retain legal control over Starshield. Whether or not they have material control is unclear

      • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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        Of course they have material control. Musk doesn’t have a private army. Unfortunately the gov’t is working for and with Musk.