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Elon Musk Agrees to Sell a Portion of Starlink Assets to the U.S. Department of Defense (news.yahoo.com)
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U.S. billionaire Elon Musk has agreed to sell a portion of Starlink assets to the U.S. Department of Defense, removing himself from decision-making regarding geofencing Ukraine’s access to the satellite internet service

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Worked well enough for them to build 30-ish ghost cities the size of New York City, meanwhile we can't even get a single high speed rail built, anywhere in the country.

Regardless of the implications that might have on their economy all I can think is of the old proverb;

A kingdom that doesn't build doesn't remain a kingdom for long.