Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoStarlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban (Update: Starlink will comply)www.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1741
arrow-up1741external-linkStarlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban (Update: Starlink will comply)www.engadget.comGhostalmedia@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square200fedilink
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoThat’s better than a dictator who only wants to protect his own power. At least a billionaire can be bought.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-24 months ago. What the heck do you think a dictator is? A billionaire running a country.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI think there is a difference in mentality between people who chase power and people who chase money. Bull Gates certainly chases money, but he’s not trying to take over a country somewhere.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThat may be so, but nonetheless they overlap often enough.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoAre you saying he is trying to take over the country by buying all the land? Seems like he’s just using land as an investment.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoOwning land is not the same as governing land.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI’m more worried about billionaires who have literal armies like Erik Prince.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIs Musk doing anything to help people living in dictatorships access information? Or is this just happening in Brazil?
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoStarlink launched in Africa in 2023, so that covers a few oppressive governments.
That’s better than a dictator who only wants to protect his own power. At least a billionaire can be bought.
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What the heck do you think a dictator is? A billionaire running a country.
I think there is a difference in mentality between people who chase power and people who chase money. Bull Gates certainly chases money, but he’s not trying to take over a country somewhere.
That may be so, but nonetheless they overlap often enough.
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Are you saying he is trying to take over the country by buying all the land? Seems like he’s just using land as an investment.
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Owning land is not the same as governing land.
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I’m more worried about billionaires who have literal armies like Erik Prince.
Is Musk doing anything to help people living in dictatorships access information? Or is this just happening in Brazil?
Starlink launched in Africa in 2023, so that covers a few oppressive governments.