This is what happens when you privatize government functions. Remember these consequences when republicans say they support privatizing social security.
@@sergeant_salty always some kind of response with no solution from people like you. Social security has existed here since 1935 and it wasn’t until trump showed up that it started being a problem for people. You have a problem with social security, Medicare, Medicaid, our military, etc. you can leave this country. These are all socially funded programs. How do you think they’re working for us?
He's not American, he's South African. That country works directly with Russia on a daily basis. He's far more inclined to help Russia than the US. As his actions show.
I'm afraid you don't seem to know South African history. When Elon Musk was a boy in South Africa, the white Nationalist (apartheid) government was actually waging very bloody wars against "Communist" forces in Angola and Mosambique. Many young white concripts of Elon Musk's generation died in a war they did not really understand. Many of those who survived deadly battles against "Communists" later committed suicide, or are still suffering from PTSD in their old age. (Much like the US soldiers who were used as cannon fodder in Vietnam, for instance. Or Iraq and Afghanistan, for that matter.) Your comment can be excused by your ignorance. But it serves as a hurtful insult to all those young men who thought they were fighting for a just cause until the US abandoned its support for them, They might have been misled by the politics of their time, but as human beings they suffered the consequences of a war against Russia just the same.
Billionaires live in a different reality. For people like Musk, a country is just a place they have property and business interests. But no place, not even Monaco, is home.
@@kelperdudeLOL. What side is that? This has nothing to do with any mythical sides you think exist. Finish this sentence to answer "Elon cannot be criticised because _________".
It's just Oligarchs. This is more than about what country they are from. They are an international entity that includes many countries, including America and Russia. All of them want absolute power over the the rest of us and secretly (or not) hate democracy. Putin and Trump are card carrying members of this club and I would bet that Musk is as well.
lol thats the dumbest comment on here. Its HIS property. He can cancel it anytime he wants. You could have your OWN Starlink if you stopped giving out BILLIONS to Ukraine and illegals.
Harris / Walz are both Radical Socialist ... The goal of socialism is communism. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation
Musk is like any rich, corporate business man... his only interests are his own. Whatever furthers his power, wealth, and the success of his company is best for him. Freedom and democracy are not a concern for him... or any corporation for that matter... it is money and power. Everything else is secondary to those two things, even the rights of free people and the peace of nations.
He's already made clear that freedom and democracy are irrelevant to him in his statements about Ukraine "negotiating" their surrender of territory to the invading fascists. Anyone who espouses Ukrainian surrender of anything to the enemy are categorically not on the side of freedom and democracy. He should be classed as an agent of a foreign power.
I deleted Twitter as soon as a realized it was slowly turning into a weird Elon cult, even before he bought it. Cults are bad for minds, because it obstructs proper perspective. Too much propaganda within a circle of echoing narratives. Deleting Twitter was a very good decision for me, because I saw Elon in a new light after that. I had to back away from the trees in order to see the forest fully. Also I realized that Elon is such an NPC. He will literally steal personality from twitter posts and AI generated memes. It's an echo chamber.
He already has it. That's literally what this is. It's not democratic power, but it's political power nonetheless. And no one can ever vote guys like this out. It's why dependence upon a few tech giants (Google, FB, etc) is so dangerous and ought to have been better regulated, monitored, and controlled in their infancy.
@@MichaelWinter-ss6lx Nonsense. Countries all over the world whose economies are exclusively capitalistic regulate corporations and sectors of the economy. The USA did it too, breaking up and prohibiting monopolies because it quickly became apparent that they can and do "hold citizens hostage" to the detriment of the public good. There's always a balance to be struck, of course, but those scales have been tipped in America for decades, largely the result of lobbying and the dependence of political parties on corporate money. The Citizens United case also dramatically changed the game. Just because it's creeped way over to one side, doesn't mean that it has to stay there, that it's the only or best way. For such a feisty, outspoken people committed to individual rights and pursuit of happiness, Americans have been bizarrely complacent and compliant to the will of corporate interests. They've bought into the bogus boogie man corporations and corrupt politicians have put up, calling anything but a direct flow of the majority of wealth into those pockets "communism" and unAmerican. It's nothing of the sort. Just take a moment to look at history, pre- and post-McCarthism, pre- and post-Reagan, pre- and post-Citizens United. In each case you'll see that the standard of living of the majority declined and the wealth gap increased after those junctures; the before will show you comparators for how things could be while still allowing plenty of (in fact, more) opportunity for innovation, employment, and wealth creation. Hands off self-regulating markets is a myth; as is trickle-down economics. They work 0% of the time.
@@kelperdude What did Jared Kushner do for $2.5 billion he received from Saudi Crown prince against the advice of the Saudi Investment Committee? Was it ignorring the Saudis choppimg up an American journalist and selling weapoms to the Saudis (15/19 of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudis) or something else?
How can Uncle Sam pull that off when people cry and wail like it's the end of the world if they have to pay even a penny more in taxes? We can't expect the government to do all this stuff and then turn around and demand smaller government and lower taxes.
@@Antifag1977 I mean, that's true. Personally, I think we should raise the corporate tax rate back up. Lowering it did more harm than good, and NOTHING trickled down. If it did, the auto workers wouldn't have gotten 4-5% raises over the last four years, and the CEOs wouldn't have gotten 40% raises. Also, the buybacks wouldn't have increased 1500%. Raise taxes on the rich, and invest in America. Rich people don't need more houses and land.
@@kelperdude Russia has been firing at Ukranian civilians waging a war of terror for 18 months. Putin has been trying to destabilize democracies across the globe, committing coups, and blackmailing food, energy, and nukes. Nice try Krelim bot, but you'll need a better line than Durrr, Ukraine firing at self. Come on, earn that potato.
Billionaires have always done this. However, because of the context of Musk's behaviour and how erratic he happens to be, the problems are much more obvious. This is what happens when somebody thinks they are no longer accountable to anybody.
@@brankobelfranin8815Yep, both of them are pathological narcicists. We need U.S. government to develop other sources for what EM provides. EM is a danger to our national security.
@@brankobelfranin8815 Oh, was this war started under Trump's watch? And who nixed diplomacy? Do you guys have ANY IDEA what's going on outside your little blue bubble? No? That's because you believe everything you're told by Russiagate Maddow & her cronies in the US Propaganda machine (MSNBC, CNN, NYT, CBS, Wash Post, Fox...) Who blew up the Nordstream? Maddow won't talk about that, will she? Why not? Who said the Minsk Accord was just a temporary measure until the Ukrainian army could be strengthened & fortified? Don't know? Because Maddow won't talk about that! What DO you know?! Trump BAD, Biden good? WRONG! EVERY SINGLE politician in Washington is a crook. And every single news outlet with access to Washington is bought & paid for by the corporations who OWN the crooks in Washington. The people of the US are the MOST propagandized people on the planet. WAKE UP!
I just can't believe there are people out there that think Maddow has any standards at all! Remember Russiagate? Has she even apologized for all that hysteria? Nope. Because she gets a fat paycheck for her BS.
The US is not at war with a specific country, so criticism of Musk for providing aid to the enemy is completely ludicrous. Typical leftist propaganda. Also, I have no recollection of him providing assistance to the Russians.
So many people misrepresented this story, as seen in this video. Half the people in the comments seem to not even know when this event has occured or even realize that a resolution was found many months ago.
winewoman , Elon Musk is another person that's in the same mold as Trump. He's rich, arrogant, and thinks that the world is his personal possession. The exception is that he's much smarter than Donnie DaDummy, which makes him even considerably more dangerous than DaDummy.
Very interesting. My dad, born in 1907, was a career CIA guy who came over from OSS and I've resided in dozens of countries. So foreign affairs interest me. Thanks to Rachel and Ronan. If any Right Wingers watch this, it's over their heads. Many Trumpists couldn't even find China on a map of the world.
Absolutely............. the US has gotten weak over the decades......... traitors are free to enjoy American Freedom, in the past Traitors in the US were hunted down and "Taken Care" of.......
Strip him of his citizenship. NASA can definitely survive just fine without Musk. Can you imagine what would happen if Trump gives Musk one the classified documents he's still hiding?
A good reason why there ought to be a minimum and a maximum limit on earnings. No one should have less than $20.000, or more than $1.000.000 a year. That would sort out many problems in the world.
Except it destroys the system of capitalism. Which I'm sure many here think is some evil system but it also brings innovation and reduces the costs ultimately improving the quality of everyone's lives. If there's a limit then there's no incentive to do more.
easy to trace and tax income, not easy to tax assets or profits. So this might work for taxing high income earners. However, they tend to be capitalist nomad, moving to countries that treat them well. Think of footballers who have changed citizenshp due to the high taxes in their original countries. So then gov will be left with limited high earning tax payers which is bad for government. Especailly for international companies, there are so much tax evasive strategies to direct money from profits to company needed "expenditures" and siphon the funds of to a less taxed countries. Even if you dont, elon's worth comes from his assets, namely his equity in his companies which are based on their evaluation. how can you limit high worth asset unless you want the government to start confiscating properties, stocks from everyone.
@@beab8738 Virtually any system will work if everyone plays according to the rules. The problem is that greed and selfishness easily override ethics and fair play. Sadly, a well-regulated society needs firm laws and well-managed institutions to ensure they are applied even handidly. If that were the case in America, DJT would have been behind bars years ago. And America would be spared the embarrassment of demonstrating that there are laws for the wealthy and well connected and laws for the rest of us.
It's not a secret that he views himself that way. He's admitted that he was obsessed with comic books when he was a kid and while he spent a lot of time trying to pretend he was Tony Stark we've seen him transition publicly into Lex Luthor.
M8 countless people have more power than the US government. Elon is the least of our worries. Blackrock that controls most of our businesses and has a huge private army. The Pausers who own our financial system. The Neocons who run our legal and political systems. Their policies made us a enemy to the world which is the real problem. Russia, and Chinas leaders not showing at the G20 shows we are on the menu. Sadly thanks to the neocons we have far more enemies than allies in the world.
With all due respect to Elon Musk and his business achievements, he does not represent the US, nor does he speak for US citizens, nor for Western Democracies. For someone who supposedly wants to make a positive difference in the world, now is the time to make a big positive difference by restraining his own behaviour and reflect on his own position and privilege (and its effect).
@Wreckening1 except its the government that put restrictions on use of Starlink in Ukraine not SpaceX. They geoblocked around Crimea since that is Russian controlled area. Why would they want to risk having Russia use Starlink against Ukraine. Ukraine requested that restriction be removed. The US government never requested anything. If SpaceX had removed the restriction without being told to remove it by the US they would have been breaking the law.
We won't know for sure until it's too late. Musk talking to Putin on the sly is not a good sign. Biden may have to call Elon to the Principal's office! And soon....
Probably a lot of unencrypted data from Ukrainian military, GPS coordinates of the satellite dishes on the frontlines which can give an idea of where soldiers are... Tesla cars are known to record the inside of people's garage and listen to the drivers so imagine what the SpaceX satellite receiver things can do.
Wait a minute, the US is accusing Musk of treason? Is Musk aware of this? Why is he still residing in the United States? He can afford to live anywhere in the world and manage his corporations remotely. I'm an enemy to Western civilization period but I'm not actually Musk's boss in the chain of command. Far from it. I have the residual power to gently persuade but not compel. I don't know why he is doing this.
There are a number of non-natural American citizens, i.e. Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and others who should reconsider their citizenship and move their businesses to countries friendly to TRAITORS such as themselves.
@@skp8748 If it was left up to that twit, Musk, we will be. Surely, no one can be dumb enough to buy into his BS. He is literally working against American interests. Anyone with two brain cells can see it. He'd be stupid enough to let Putin sweep him off of his feet. 🙄
Jeff Bazos: worth around $161Billion. Ownes around 10% of Amazon. This means he has actually made around $1.6Trillion for other people. He also provides jobs for around 1million Americans and his company pays around $2Billion in taxes every year or the equivalent yearly tax bill of around 1.3 million average Americans. so yes he is extremely wealthy but his wealth is also a driving force for the economy as with most ultra-rich individuals.
By saturday morning cartoon standards a man who is unelected & unaccounatable to any governing body, with the resources to pursue his own geopolitical causes to empower himself to the detriment of the world, is the definition of a supervillain
In the 1860s the East India Company was not only the biggest company on the planet, it was the biggest company the World had ever seen. It ran Indian (including now Pakistan and Bangladesh) from a board room in London. But it became too powerful, problematic and strategically important. Britain effectively nationalised it, and so began the Raj. SpaceX is becoming too powerful, problematic and strategically important.
The East India Company provoked the bloody Indian Mutiny which cost hundreds of thousands of lives. Musk is sucking up to a warmongering fascist tyrant for money. Nationalization and a long prison sentence would suit Musk just nicely.
a lot of corporations have too much power. thanks partly to the supreme court for allowing unlimited corporate dollars to fund american politics. who do you think american politicians are working for; you because you donated $100.00, or the corporation who donated thousands of dollars? american politicians hold fundraisors practically every week to get money from corporate donors. they work very hard at it so they dont have much time to focus on the country, or the little mans problems.
@@ronchasr6656 Correct! A ban on corporate contributions to candidates has been in effect since 1907. SCOTUS's "Citizens United" decision in 2010 struck down a ban on such expenditures saying that corporations are entitled to spend unlimited corporate money when making independent political expenditures during election season thus opening the floodgates to more political advertising by advocacy groups organized as corporations, drowning federal elections in massive amounts of corporate money that has funded a blitz of independent political advertisements.
Correction: The VOC (United East India Company) established in 1602 by the Netherlands formed the first joint-stock company in the world and the first multinational corporation, possessing quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to wage war, imprison and execute convicts, negotiate treaties, strike its own coins, and establish colonies.
There are massive risks involved by making someone like Musk such a powerful figure. I would like to point to Hu Wenming who's more or less the Chinese equivalent of Musk or at least used to be. He's been involved with building China's first modern aircraft carrier and CEO of China's primary shipbuilding company. His company was officially private but was contracted under the Chinese military branch. Due to negligent oversight, his company became a hotbed of corruption in many many forms. Despite multiple warnings and minor penalties, ill practices kept spreading, leading to billions of Yuan's being lost and classified intel of new military hardware being leaked. The US is now dealing with someone that considers himself more important and suited to make snap decisions on global scale, someone speaking with Russian and Chinese officials on a regular base and with access to US military intel. This situation will lead to a disaster sooner or later if not handled correctly.
They didn't make him powerful lol he is offering a free service and if the government tries to make him use it for military purposes he will either remove it or charge them a arm and a leg. The amount of buisness he would potentially lose in Russia and China would demand a insane price tag.
@@philipb2134Sure. But that doesn't give him carte blanche to make decisions that have major deleterious effects, whether diplomatic, economic, or military. The purpose of government is to act in the public interest. To the extent a private actor (individual or corporation) acts contrary to public interest, government can and must exercise its regulatory and legislative authority to curtail such action.
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do, that's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are." ~ Maya Angelou (1928-2014), American poet, writer, singer, actress, and activist.
Elon thought he could rescue the young soccer team here in Thailand when they were trapped in the cave. He just showed up here without any invitation to "save the day" with his small submarine. He was absolutely clueless about the logistics of bringing the boys out of the cave. The Thai, English, American etc. rescuers basically told him to go home with his useless sub and that they had this situation under control. The rescue was absolutely miraculous.
Yep then when Elon submarine idea was rejected , he thew a hissy fot and started nasty fake bs saying the real rescuers were a bunch a pedos. Elon is a head case very messed up individual.
The boy dreams of being a hero but because he's never had to try to accomplish anything, being able to buy whatever he wanted, all he's managed to become is a zero.
You omitted to mention the heroic Australian doctor who risked his life to help rescue the boys. To be sure he was only one of many who participated in the rescue, but worthy of mention all the same. His name is Dr Richard Harris!
It is trump, trump and Putin need each other!! Putin needs trump’s help to defeat Ukraine, trump needs putin’s help to get elected to avoid jail time!!
Shame on the Government for apparently not being able to launch rockets, build satellites, walk and chew gum simultaneously. Now we have one dude " No internet for you Ukraine, until you clean up this mess and give it to Russia!"
Musk would have got nowhere without being initially bailed out via NASA contracts, without their help and supervision no Dragon supply and then crewed spacecraft. Quite a few Falcon launches are for US government agencies including security ones, other including US launchers for the latter are available. Another albeit delayed manned spacecraft soon will be. So leverage/pressure is possible.
If they do that, the US loses the capacity to send humans into space and the only alternative right now is Russia. Russia was doing this for the US until SpaceX took over a few years ago. The tax dollar they get are contracts that get get paid for in exchange of services. Services that nobody else can offer.
@@kewakl8891 Before Elon Musk, Russia was providing transportation to the ISS and before that, the Space Shuttle was doing it. The Shuttle was cancelled in 2010 following a decision from W in the previous term. I similar contract was also given to Boeing to have 2 providers. The Boeing Starliner program is grossly over budget and sever years late as the haven't flown a single human in space so far. That is why SpaceX is the only provider currently, they were faster and on budget.
And when Ukraine launched naval drone attack against Russia Musk secretly turned off the communication network destroying those drones to proted Russian war ships. War ships theat are committing war crime by targetting civilian infrastructure with the missiles.
Now that makes a lot of sense. One person says Elon is in it only for himself and another says he is helping the Russians. Elon has more wealth than the entire Russian country right now.
And then he is refusing to help Ukraine on a counter attack. He literally refused to let the use SpaceX to track movements during the attack. The way Elon Musk praises people like Trump, who is now known as an enemy of the country, is very telling. I don't think Elin is a patriot, for sure, but it is even more concerning if he is an enemy.
Elon Musk has the courage to push back in bad foreign policy which is wasting American retirement savings. Of course the establishment which is on the wrong side will not like anyone to push back! Elon is doing more good than most of the paid gov officials in the opinion of many people. Time will show who is really acting in the interests of most Americans!
If he wasn't receiving funds from the government, he could do what he wanted to do. But he does receive government funds, so he cannot act against the interests of the US or its allies.
@@apex9806those funds are considered subsidies for research and development. What’s crazy is that US taxpayers fund research (comes out of our checks in taxes), then corporations make a product which they turn around and charge us for. It’s a total racket!
The government should have been ahead of this with regulation just as it should be ahead of rapidly developing AI technology. The likes of Elon shouldn't have to make these types of decisions for everyone's well being including Elon's.
Seriously? The Republican party since Obama was in office has spent its years not governing or doing anything useful for We the People. It's all been tax cuts for billionaires, corrupting the federal judiciary with Federalist Society hacks, protecting Trump, and obstructing anything proposed by Democrats. It's all been about creating chaos all the time. How is any government suppose to do good work when one half of Congress i.e. Republicans, don't believe in government and want it to fail? Of course they should have been on top of this, but until American voters stop voting for Republicans we're going to have this kind of craziness.
@stopthecrazyguy9948 That isn’t the goal and nor does it stop Russia and China from getting what they want. Situation in Syria is a pretty good example. Chinese businessmen taking over economies is also a better example.
@@toomuchisaid928Are you serious right now? If the referee of a boxing match blinds one of the boxers in the third round, is that also preventing further escalation?
Now if we could just get Democrats to institute a better tax system that would make sure people don't become this wealthy, there's no reason any single person would ever need more than a billion dollars. TAX THESE PEOPLE.
This won't happen because these people are running the democrats party and are the largest donators. See what happened with Sam (cryptoscammer) released, bill gates, google, Disney, mark Zuckerberg and Elon these are highest donators of the party. I don't think democrats would go against their masters. Third party alternative is needed
@@User-6830vxfhs South African - American conspiring with enemy of the US to undermine the Western alliance's effort to stop Putin's war of aggression to take over the Ukraine and enslave the people.
I was a huge Elon Musk fan. Once it became obvious he was a Trumpy, my heart was broken. I really thought an entrepreneur like Musk could change the world for good. Especially with the success he was having with Tesla and all the talk about going to Mars. But now he owns the 2nd largest Social Media platform, (by now probably not even half as large as it was when he bought it) His Trumpy-loving position has made Twitter a mess, and it looks like Mars is just a dream that has been shelved. I will just have to wait for NASA which will likely be another 30 years. But him getting involved in the Politics of Europe and taking the side of Putin? WTH?
You need to stop getting your info from Maddow & BSNBC. Musk is no hero, nor is Trump, but Maddow is a propaganda-pumping sh*tlib. ALL western media outlets are owned by 6 megacorporations. Look it up. These same corporations own the US govt. We the people have NO seat at the table. And we're lied to, EVERY DAY, by people like Maddow.
@@fireteamomega2343 Participation isn't even in his wheelhouse. He is a citizen. The government makes those decisions, not him. He is welcome to his opinions just like the rest of us, but trying to influence the outcome of the war by limiting Internet access to American allies involved in the conflict borders on sedition, and it actually means he IS taking a side. Which is exactly what I would expect from a Trumpy. Support Putin instead of America.
How is it anti American ? America isn't Ukraine and it's not our war to fund or fight. Neither is it Elon's responsibility to enable military communications for Ukraine.
I am originally Russian, and I will tell you that: if you hold a referendum in Moscow or any other part of Russia, if they would prefer American rule, chances a big that people would say yes. But it doesn't mean that it would mean that the US can subsequently annex it. Same with Ukraine and its regions.
I'm pretty sure if you held a referendum in Russia, 70% or so of Russian citizens would vote to reinstate Communism. The only people in the world who think capitalism is a good thing are sitting in swank Manhattan/London/Parisian offices or on yachts & islands far away from reality. The only reason capitalism has survived thus far is because it is a cut-throat, ruthless b*tch that has been waging war against anything even remotely socialist for decades.
This is what happens when you privatize government functions. Remember these consequences when republicans say they support privatizing social security.
@@sergeant_salty always some kind of response with no solution from people like you. Social security has existed here since 1935 and it wasn’t until trump showed up that it started being a problem for people. You have a problem with social security, Medicare, Medicaid, our military, etc. you can leave this country. These are all socially funded programs. How do you think they’re working for us?
@@sergeant_saltygo wag your short little propaganda tale to please your master somewhere else! 🐶 woof! Go Fetch!! 🍖
Indeed!!
@@sergeant_saltyconveniently ignoring all the times nationalizing services worked.
there would be any social security to worry about with the dems, it will be gone because they didn't address it.
He's not American, he's South African. That country works directly with Russia on a daily basis. He's far more inclined to help Russia than the US. As his actions show.
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I'm afraid you don't seem to know South African history.
When Elon Musk was a boy in South Africa, the white Nationalist (apartheid) government was actually waging very bloody wars against "Communist" forces in Angola and Mosambique.
Many young white concripts of Elon Musk's generation died in a war they did not really understand.
Many of those who survived deadly battles against "Communists" later committed suicide, or are still suffering from PTSD in their old age.
(Much like the US soldiers who were used as cannon fodder in Vietnam, for instance. Or Iraq and Afghanistan, for that matter.)
Your comment can be excused by your ignorance.
But it serves as a hurtful insult to all those young men who thought they were fighting for a just cause until the US abandoned its support for them,
They might have been misled by the politics of their time, but as human beings they suffered the consequences of a war against Russia just the same.
Elon should be deported to Africa.
Deport him to Africa
@@christopherjavens3438OK Vladimir putin.
Jeez, this wasn't hard to see, Elon is detached from reality, always has been.
your side thinks there are hundreds of genders. LOLOL
Billionaires live in a different reality. For people like Musk, a country is just a place they have property and business interests. But no place, not even Monaco, is home.
reality is the last thing your side knows.
@@kelperdudeobnoxious trump is prison bound 😅😅😅😅😅
@@kelperdudeLOL. What side is that? This has nothing to do with any mythical sides you think exist. Finish this sentence to answer "Elon cannot be criticised because _________".
Giving aid and comfort to the enemy. This man is everything that is wrong with the American oligarchs.
Elon is obviously a traitor. He should be prosecuted for treason.
It's just Oligarchs. This is more than about what country they are from. They are an international entity that includes many countries, including America and Russia. All of them want absolute power over the the rest of us and secretly (or not) hate democracy. Putin and Trump are card carrying members of this club and I would bet that Musk is as well.
Yeah, like our president giving BILLIONS to Ukraine while the US just tanks
lol thats the dumbest comment on here. Its HIS property. He can cancel it anytime he wants. You could have your OWN Starlink if you stopped giving out BILLIONS to Ukraine and illegals.
This just in. Putin hails Elon Musk as an ‘outstanding person’ after Starlink controversy.
Oh my god. this is all propaganda , look at other sources to fact check things bfore you make up your mind.
Dangerous territory for such a rich & reckless man .
Harris / Walz are both Radical Socialist ... The goal of socialism is communism.
When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation
Musk could be providing intelligence to Putin for personal gain.
Totally agree
He is certainly starting to look like another traitor...
And to sell Putin and Xi more Teslas.
@@b.t.2795 "sell"?
Helping putin get trump elected again, just listen to lying carlson, another russian helper, like musk
Musk is like any rich, corporate business man... his only interests are his own. Whatever furthers his power, wealth, and the success of his company is best for him. Freedom and democracy are not a concern for him... or any corporation for that matter... it is money and power. Everything else is secondary to those two things, even the rights of free people and the peace of nations.
Another leftie 🤡
These dumcrats think they own the US and are entitled to win every election with their BS
100%
He's already made clear that freedom and democracy are irrelevant to him in his statements about Ukraine "negotiating" their surrender of territory to the invading fascists. Anyone who espouses Ukrainian surrender of anything to the enemy are categorically not on the side of freedom and democracy.
He should be classed as an agent of a foreign power.
@@ct5625 100%.
He’s a traitor to American best interests and majority support for Ukraine 🇺🇦.
As soon as he bought what used to be Twitter, it had me yelling at my screen, "WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?!"
I deleted Twitter as soon as a realized it was slowly turning into a weird Elon cult, even before he bought it. Cults are bad for minds, because it obstructs proper perspective. Too much propaganda within a circle of echoing narratives. Deleting Twitter was a very good decision for me, because I saw Elon in a new light after that. I had to back away from the trees in order to see the forest fully.
Also I realized that Elon is such an NPC. He will literally steal personality from twitter posts and AI generated memes. It's an echo chamber.
Elon is obviously a traitor. He should be prosecuted for treason.
We knew that long before the Twitter deal.
The side of freedom! That is to say, the side opposite of the US government. Same as me!
@@mattolivier1835, Russia invaded Ukraine. Russians are murdering Ukrainians in Ukraine. Sure, I suppose some might consider that “freedom”.
He is the living definition of someone I wouldn’t let anywhere near political power. Which seems precisely what he is aiming for.
He already has it. That's literally what this is. It's not democratic power, but it's political power nonetheless. And no one can ever vote guys like this out. It's why dependence upon a few tech giants (Google, FB, etc) is so dangerous and ought to have been better regulated, monitored, and controlled in their infancy.
@lousialb8962, your absolutely right in a way, but on the other side it wont be capitalism anymore.
@@MichaelWinter-ss6lx capitalism has nothing to do with ignorant morons wielding political power over people who didn’t elect them.
he's another TRUMP in the making.
@@MichaelWinter-ss6lx Nonsense. Countries all over the world whose economies are exclusively capitalistic regulate corporations and sectors of the economy. The USA did it too, breaking up and prohibiting monopolies because it quickly became apparent that they can and do "hold citizens hostage" to the detriment of the public good. There's always a balance to be struck, of course, but those scales have been tipped in America for decades, largely the result of lobbying and the dependence of political parties on corporate money. The Citizens United case also dramatically changed the game. Just because it's creeped way over to one side, doesn't mean that it has to stay there, that it's the only or best way. For such a feisty, outspoken people committed to individual rights and pursuit of happiness, Americans have been bizarrely complacent and compliant to the will of corporate interests. They've bought into the bogus boogie man corporations and corrupt politicians have put up, calling anything but a direct flow of the majority of wealth into those pockets "communism" and unAmerican. It's nothing of the sort. Just take a moment to look at history, pre- and post-McCarthism, pre- and post-Reagan, pre- and post-Citizens United. In each case you'll see that the standard of living of the majority declined and the wealth gap increased after those junctures; the before will show you comparators for how things could be while still allowing plenty of (in fact, more) opportunity for innovation, employment, and wealth creation. Hands off self-regulating markets is a myth; as is trickle-down economics. They work 0% of the time.
A man who used to be sane once said "No one man should have all this power"
joe had his official docs, which he wasn't allowed to even have had, over to chinatown.
@@kelperdudenone of that is true, and all of it is irrelevant to this story
@@alansargent9158 - sure it's true. his worker, kathy chung, told the house committee all of it. it's easily found.
Yeah but he was nuts too
@@kelperdude yes it is true that your comment is irrelevant to this story. Go comment somewhere else kelpermoron
Perhaps we should classify them as an enemy of the nation and treat them as such.
joe and hunter, yes. we are finding their pay to play.
Yes, all democrats should be gone
@@kelperdudeprove it
The coward is back with nothing. coward...@@kelperdude
Elon Musk is a russian foreign agent. who are they?
Isn't Musk acting as a foreign agent.?
YES
that's hunter. he did it with china, russia, ukraine, romania.
Elon is foreign, he is South African.
@@kelperdude What did Jared Kushner do for $2.5 billion he received from Saudi Crown prince against the advice of the Saudi Investment Committee? Was it ignorring the Saudis choppimg up an American journalist and selling weapoms to the Saudis (15/19 of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudis) or something else?
Demtard
The US Military should launch their own satellite internet and the US Government should stop approving launches for Starlink.
You are very confused. The US already has military communications satellites and internet. The don't use starlink.
How can Uncle Sam pull that off when people cry and wail like it's the end of the world if they have to pay even a penny more in taxes? We can't expect the government to do all this stuff and then turn around and demand smaller government and lower taxes.
you're broke, over 30 T debt, US government should stop being military indsutry dog, stop creating war all over the world
@@Antifag1977 I mean, that's true. Personally, I think we should raise the corporate tax rate back up. Lowering it did more harm than good, and NOTHING trickled down. If it did, the auto workers wouldn't have gotten 4-5% raises over the last four years, and the CEOs wouldn't have gotten 40% raises. Also, the buybacks wouldn't have increased 1500%. Raise taxes on the rich, and invest in America. Rich people don't need more houses and land.
@jf2176 I really hope so.
They need to be concerned if this satellite network is even secure given the circumstances.
Pretty concerning when Musk decided to help Russia by turning off StarLink for Ukraine.
Pretty concerning that zelensky is going after his own people.
@kelper: What is _'Zelenskyy'_ doing in _"going after"_ his own people?
Is this a _`cOnSpIrAcY tHeOrY`?_ Please...do, go into detail!
@@kelperdude Russia has been firing at Ukranian civilians waging a war of terror for 18 months. Putin has been trying to destabilize democracies across the globe, committing coups, and blackmailing food, energy, and nukes. Nice try Krelim bot, but you'll need a better line than Durrr, Ukraine firing at self. Come on, earn that potato.
@@kelperdude pretty concerning how low your mental capacity is to believe that lie.
@@kelperdude Lay of the Russian propaganda, its eating whats left of your brain.
Billionaires have always done this. However, because of the context of Musk's behaviour and how erratic he happens to be, the problems are much more obvious. This is what happens when somebody thinks they are no longer accountable to anybody.
We have a few of those starting with Trump anf Elon.
@@brankobelfranin8815Yep, both of them are pathological narcicists.
We need U.S. government to develop other sources for what EM provides.
EM is a danger to our national security.
@@brankobelfranin8815and DeSantis, and Abbott and Cruz, and Boebert and MTG
@@brankobelfranin8815 Oh, was this war started under Trump's watch? And who nixed diplomacy? Do you guys have ANY IDEA what's going on outside your little blue bubble? No? That's because you believe everything you're told by Russiagate Maddow & her cronies in the US Propaganda machine (MSNBC, CNN, NYT, CBS, Wash Post, Fox...) Who blew up the Nordstream? Maddow won't talk about that, will she? Why not? Who said the Minsk Accord was just a temporary measure until the Ukrainian army could be strengthened & fortified? Don't know? Because Maddow won't talk about that! What DO you know?! Trump BAD, Biden good? WRONG! EVERY SINGLE politician in Washington is a crook. And every single news outlet with access to Washington is bought & paid for by the corporations who OWN the crooks in Washington. The people of the US are the MOST propagandized people on the planet. WAKE UP!
Elon is obviously a traitor. He should be prosecuted for treason.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Musk was corrupt and incompetent from the very beginning.
biden crime family comes to mind.
Yeah, but it's fun.
Musk just can’t let go of the idea that he is always the smartest person in every room - so he’s just trying to buy that title
I feel like he's not for America anymore also.
Seems Elmo has become quite the little national security risk, huh?
Elmo 😂😂😂
Reckless, he definitely stepped over the line meddling with such a volatile political issue..
even joe said we could have armaggeddon. never heard that kind of talk with the last guy. it was all peace with him.
he believes he does no wrong.
He always steps over the line and doesn't take rejection well..
Well he understands the feckless nature of our institutions. Right Garland?
coward...@@kelperdude
Our American Government must demand that Elon Musk send US (us) a bill for Star Link; pay the bill then take back his joy-stick....jt
"OUR" American gov't? It's not mine fool! I don't support the US gov't. They are my enemy.
The usual stratospherically high standard one has come to expect from Rachel. A real champion of the people! Thank you Rachel Maddow.
I just can't believe there are people out there that think Maddow has any standards at all! Remember Russiagate? Has she even apologized for all that hysteria? Nope. Because she gets a fat paycheck for her BS.
Giving aid and comfort to an enemy in time of war is a thing & Elon should be reminded of that
Sniffer in thief aka china joe is the best in the game.
You could not shine elons shoes, quiet
While I have my issues with Elon. It's important to remember the US is not at war with Russia.
The US is not at war with a specific country, so criticism of Musk for providing aid to the enemy is completely ludicrous. Typical leftist propaganda. Also, I have no recollection of him providing assistance to the Russians.
Q: Is Musk a Russian ‘asset’ ? Discuss
As if we didn’t have enough to hate Musk, he’s now a domestic liability….
Not just domestic, but global. He has personal information on anyone using X (formerly twitter). The government needs to step in.
So many people misrepresented this story, as seen in this video. Half the people in the comments seem to not even know when this event has occured or even realize that a resolution was found many months ago.
I think a better word would be "traitor". That's what we call people who work against the interests of the USA.
winewoman , Elon Musk is another person that's in the same mold as Trump. He's rich, arrogant, and thinks that the world is his personal possession. The exception is that he's much smarter than Donnie DaDummy, which makes him even considerably more dangerous than DaDummy.
@@wisemanofsorts6068 what was the resolution?
Very interesting. My dad, born in 1907, was a career CIA guy who came over from OSS and I've resided in dozens of countries. So foreign affairs interest me. Thanks to Rachel and Ronan. If any Right Wingers watch this, it's over their heads. Many Trumpists couldn't even find China on a map of the world.
At this rate his loss of public trust will be greater.
That's only true if the map has no words and colors. In that case I would agree with you.
Rest in piece Bill Donavan, and William Stephenson ...real heroes and brilliant minds . The real creator of X
Elon is no intrepid
@@udayviruppal3730 you think America blew up Nordstream?
Congratulations Rachel on your long run🎉🎉🎉
A society based on self-interest is necessarily self-limiting. Musk is the manifestation, not the problem itself.
Yes, "society is to blame." I'd like to see Musk penniless in an orange jumpsuit next to Trump for all of that.
Elon is obviously a traitor. He should be prosecuted for treason.
hate to tell you, but society EXTENDS FROM INDIVIDUALS . HE IS ABSOLUTELY THE PROBLEM. As are all those like him.
And maybe Musk was beaten by his drunkard dad? So screwing people is his therapy and must be condoned?
Thank you Rachel for highlighting Elon Musk's anti- American behaviour
Remember, Elon is South African first, not American😂😂
You guys are drinking too much Elon is the only one helping.
I agree all these high paying jobs he made for Americans what disgrace
@@Bonnah-Who the heII is he helping, exactly?
@@Bonnah-how exactly is he helping?
Charge him with treason and lock his @$$ up.
Absolutely............. the US has gotten weak over the decades......... traitors are free to enjoy American Freedom, in the past Traitors in the US were hunted down and "Taken Care" of.......
or Deport him back to Africa.
Strip him of his citizenship. NASA can definitely survive just fine without Musk. Can you imagine what would happen if Trump gives Musk one the classified documents he's still hiding?
That would be a trump, fascist type move
what treason?
Can you strip him of his naturalized citizenship and deport him? This is a crime getting involved in foreign policy!
giving aid and comfort to the enemy = Treason.
A good reason why there ought to be a minimum and a maximum limit on earnings. No one should have less than $20.000, or more than $1.000.000 a year. That would sort out many problems in the world.
And create others...
Except it destroys the system of capitalism. Which I'm sure many here think is some evil system but it also brings innovation and reduces the costs ultimately improving the quality of everyone's lives. If there's a limit then there's no incentive to do more.
easy to trace and tax income, not easy to tax assets or profits. So this might work for taxing high income earners. However, they tend to be capitalist nomad, moving to countries that treat them well. Think of footballers who have changed citizenshp due to the high taxes in their original countries. So then gov will be left with limited high earning tax payers which is bad for government. Especailly for international companies, there are so much tax evasive strategies to direct money from profits to company needed "expenditures" and siphon the funds of to a less taxed countries. Even if you dont, elon's worth comes from his assets, namely his equity in his companies which are based on their evaluation. how can you limit high worth asset unless you want the government to start confiscating properties, stocks from everyone.
@@beab8738 Virtually any system will work if everyone plays according to the rules. The problem is that greed and selfishness easily override ethics and fair play. Sadly, a well-regulated society needs firm laws and well-managed institutions to ensure they are applied even handidly. If that were the case in America, DJT would have been behind bars years ago. And America would be spared the embarrassment of demonstrating that there are laws for the wealthy and well connected and laws for the rest of us.
Great, just what we need, a real life super villain.
It's not a secret that he views himself that way.
He's admitted that he was obsessed with comic books when he was a kid and while he spent a lot of time trying to pretend he was Tony Stark we've seen him transition publicly into Lex Luthor.
Or super hero.
Logan Act anyone? No one person or US organization should have more power than our US government.
M8 countless people have more power than the US government. Elon is the least of our worries. Blackrock that controls most of our businesses and has a huge private army. The Pausers who own our financial system. The Neocons who run our legal and political systems. Their policies made us a enemy to the world which is the real problem. Russia, and Chinas leaders not showing at the G20 shows we are on the menu. Sadly thanks to the neocons we have far more enemies than allies in the world.
WORD - a good case for more govt.
Raytheon , LockHead, Pelosi, Soros Yea Your Right
With a foreign government. Trump and his family made deals with foreign leaders before he was president. He broke that law too.
@@josephbearup4787not Leonard Leo or Harlan Crow or the Koch bros? Adelson is dead but you forgot him too.
ronin seems to be quite formidable in his research, well done
With all due respect to Elon Musk and his business achievements, he does not represent the US, nor does he speak for US citizens, nor for Western Democracies. For someone who supposedly wants to make a positive difference in the world, now is the time to make a big positive difference by restraining his own behaviour and reflect on his own position and privilege (and its effect).
Dear NSA & CIA... you have a job to do, get to work!!
Musk is not the government and I would think what he is doing could land him in trouble.
@Wreckening1 except its the government that put restrictions on use of Starlink in Ukraine not SpaceX. They geoblocked around Crimea since that is Russian controlled area. Why would they want to risk having Russia use Starlink against Ukraine. Ukraine requested that restriction be removed. The US government never requested anything. If SpaceX had removed the restriction without being told to remove it by the US they would have been breaking the law.
From the woman that said for years Trump was in collusion with Russia. I don’t trust this woman at all. Keep drinking the kook aid
@@pin65371 That is true after Elon gave the U.S. military control of Starlink over Ukraine but not when he was in control, which bothered him greatly.
Elon is obviously a traitor. He should be prosecuted for treason.
$$ makes him teflon.
So how much tactical information is Musk passing on the the Russians?
We won't know for sure until it's too late. Musk talking to Putin on the sly is not a good sign. Biden may have to call Elon to the Principal's office! And soon....
Probably a lot of unencrypted data from Ukrainian military, GPS coordinates of the satellite dishes on the frontlines which can give an idea of where soldiers are... Tesla cars are known to record the inside of people's garage and listen to the drivers so imagine what the SpaceX satellite receiver things can do.
As much as he wants ( everything ).
If Musk is helping Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he should be considered a TRAITOR and brought to justice!
Wait a minute, the US is accusing Musk of treason? Is Musk aware of this? Why is he still residing in the United States? He can afford to live anywhere in the world and manage his corporations remotely.
I'm an enemy to Western civilization period but I'm not actually Musk's boss in the chain of command. Far from it. I have the residual power to gently persuade but not compel. I don't know why he is doing this.
Thank you both for your truthful reporting, especially regarding the non American and very selfish Elon Musk 🤑 😖
We need more wars to make democracy great again.
Nice.
Is America at war 😂
@@skp8748MAGA wants to end American Democracy.
There are a number of non-natural American citizens, i.e. Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and others who should reconsider their citizenship and move their businesses to countries friendly to TRAITORS such as themselves.
@@skp8748 If it was left up to that twit, Musk, we will be. Surely, no one can be dumb enough to buy into his BS. He is literally working against American interests. Anyone with two brain cells can see it. He'd be stupid enough to let Putin sweep him off of his feet. 🙄
I'm sick of these fools!
the biggest problem our world faces is billionaires just not being rich enough...those poor, poor billionaires, huh???
Greed is good.
Gordon Gekko.
Jeff Bazos: worth around $161Billion.
Ownes around 10% of Amazon.
This means he has actually made around $1.6Trillion for other people.
He also provides jobs for around 1million Americans and his company pays around $2Billion in taxes every year or the equivalent yearly tax bill of around 1.3 million average Americans.
so yes he is extremely wealthy but his wealth is also a driving force for the economy as with most ultra-rich individuals.
Musk earned every cent, you should try it
take all the $$$ away from soros, gates, bezos.
Musk/PO1135809 and PU-tiny are all cut from the same cloth.
He should star in the next James Bond movie. The classic Bond villain.
We should stop privatizing national security.
Strip his citizenship and deport him.
Yeah thats why I have been thinking plus take his asset away from him and put the military in charge.
i know my husband doesn’t want his bigoted attitude in South Africa again
That’s what the republicans would say if the tables are turned.
Procusute him 1st
I'd rather strip your citizenship and deport you straight to Ukraine
Or Elon can just pull Starlink from Ukraine entirely. Then what? That’s privatization.
By saturday morning cartoon standards a man who is unelected & unaccounatable to any governing body, with the resources to pursue his own geopolitical causes to empower himself to the detriment of the world, is the definition of a supervillain
Thank you for exposing him!
Are you thanking him for telling you what you wanted to hear? I could read your comment on FOX.
Elon Musk appears to enjoy fostering conflict and chaos and demonstrating how much power he has over other people.
He is like the Tech Joker
He’s an over dramatic “meanager” with eight kids by seven different women 🤢
imagining that someone has power over you is an illusion.
if you examine carefully you will see that it is impossible.
Like Joe?
Joe who?@@HongyaMa
Elon has chosen to become a combatant on the side of Russia. The stockholders of Twitter must be freaking out even more than usual.
Does this expose Starlink to seizure for being used in furtherance of a crime against the state?
Ronan Farrow is a gem! Always VERY WELL researched & insightful. A true journalist! And fantastic skin! ❤
In the 1860s the East India Company was not only the biggest company on the planet, it was the biggest company the World had ever seen. It ran Indian (including now Pakistan and Bangladesh) from a board room in London. But it became too powerful, problematic and strategically important. Britain effectively nationalised it, and so began the Raj.
SpaceX is becoming too powerful, problematic and strategically important.
The East India Company provoked the bloody Indian Mutiny which cost hundreds of thousands of lives. Musk is sucking up to a warmongering fascist tyrant for money. Nationalization and a long prison sentence would suit Musk just nicely.
a lot of corporations have too much power. thanks partly to the supreme court for allowing unlimited corporate dollars to fund american politics. who do you think american politicians are working for; you because you donated $100.00, or the corporation who donated thousands of dollars? american politicians hold fundraisors practically every week to get money from corporate donors. they work very hard at it so they dont have much time to focus on the country, or the little mans problems.
From the woman that said for years Trump was in collusion with Russia. I don’t trust this woman at all
@@ronchasr6656 Correct! A ban on corporate contributions to candidates has been in effect since 1907. SCOTUS's "Citizens United" decision in 2010 struck down a ban on such expenditures saying that corporations are entitled to spend unlimited corporate money when making independent political expenditures during election season thus opening the floodgates to more political advertising by advocacy groups organized as corporations, drowning federal elections in massive amounts of corporate money that has funded a blitz of independent political advertisements.
Correction: The VOC (United East India Company) established in 1602 by the Netherlands formed the first joint-stock company in the world and the first multinational corporation, possessing quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to wage war, imprison and execute convicts, negotiate treaties, strike its own coins, and establish colonies.
There are massive risks involved by making someone like Musk such a powerful figure. I would like to point to Hu Wenming who's more or less the Chinese equivalent of Musk or at least used to be. He's been involved with building China's first modern aircraft carrier and CEO of China's primary shipbuilding company. His company was officially private but was contracted under the Chinese military branch. Due to negligent oversight, his company became a hotbed of corruption in many many forms. Despite multiple warnings and minor penalties, ill practices kept spreading, leading to billions of Yuan's being lost and classified intel of new military hardware being leaked.
The US is now dealing with someone that considers himself more important and suited to make snap decisions on global scale, someone speaking with Russian and Chinese officials on a regular base and with access to US military intel. This situation will lead to a disaster sooner or later if not handled correctly.
Musk promoted a vacuum-tube guaranteed passenger disaster.
Is it "his" company?
They didn't make him powerful lol he is offering a free service and if the government tries to make him use it for military purposes he will either remove it or charge them a arm and a leg. The amount of buisness he would potentially lose in Russia and China would demand a insane price tag.
@@philipb2134Sure. But that doesn't give him carte blanche to make decisions that have major deleterious effects, whether diplomatic, economic, or military. The purpose of government is to act in the public interest. To the extent a private actor (individual or corporation) acts contrary to public interest, government can and must exercise its regulatory and legislative authority to curtail such action.
@@lousialb8962 Thank you for a thoughtful reply. That has become unfortunately rare.
Let Mr. Musk pack his suitcases and move to Russia.
This aged well . lol
Excellent coverage. Must see. Thanks
TAX THE RICH. GET RID OF THESE EVIL CEO'S.
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do, that's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are."
~ Maya Angelou (1928-2014), American poet, writer, singer, actress, and activist.
It’s so true it hurts.
From the woman that said for years Trump was in collusion with Russia. I don’t trust this woman at all. Keep drinking the kook aid
Virtue-signaling sh*tlib. I wonder what Maya Angelou would say about this BS WAR?
Elon is obviously a traitor. He should be prosecuted for treason.
Elon thought he could rescue the young soccer team here in Thailand when they were trapped in the cave. He just showed up here without any invitation to "save the day" with his small submarine. He was absolutely clueless about the logistics of bringing the boys out of the cave. The Thai, English, American etc. rescuers basically told him to go home with his useless sub and that they had this situation under control. The rescue was absolutely miraculous.
Yep then when Elon submarine idea was rejected , he thew a hissy fot and started nasty fake bs saying the real rescuers were a bunch a pedos. Elon is a head case very messed up individual.
The boy dreams of being a hero but because he's never had to try to accomplish anything, being able to buy whatever he wanted, all he's managed to become is a zero.
Don’t forget he then called em pedos and got sued ,musk is a turd
You omitted to mention the heroic Australian doctor who risked his life to help rescue the boys. To be sure he was only one of many who participated in the rescue, but worthy of mention all the same. His name is Dr Richard Harris!
I think i watcged a documentary abt this but they ommited the Elon part im suprised 😮
Musk is a mole for Russia!
I thought was hillary.
It is trump, trump and Putin need each other!! Putin needs trump’s help to defeat Ukraine, trump needs putin’s help to get elected to avoid jail time!!
Great vid. Thank you.
Trump and the republicans should ask: Where is Elon Musk’s birth certificate?!
Brilliant segment! Thanks Rachel & Ronan.
Brilliant propaganda! Thanks, Rachel & Ronan!
Boycott all companies MUSK !!!!!! I did long ago !!!!!!!!!!!
Same
lol he's god, he's above boycott.
Shame on the Government for apparently not being able to launch rockets, build satellites, walk and chew gum simultaneously. Now we have one dude " No internet for you Ukraine, until you clean up this mess and give it to Russia!"
This is the legacy of Reagan and the push for privatization.
Musk should not have this much power.
@@AndreaCuchettoFund NASA.
Shame on us for electing parsimonious representatives who cut off funding for America's national space program.
Musk would have got nowhere without being initially bailed out via NASA contracts, without their help and supervision no Dragon supply and then crewed spacecraft.
Quite a few Falcon launches are for US government agencies including security ones, other including US launchers for the latter are available.
Another albeit delayed manned spacecraft soon will be.
So leverage/pressure is possible.
Musk should just move in with Putin. We don't need him here .
He might need to register as a Foreign Agent.
JUST REMEMBER ELON, THE NSA IS ALWAYS LISTENING.
and? so what?
hes rich enough to not care
Oh, I am sure they can find sth. to use against him and put him in jail😊.
In Twiter it is "Elon is always listening"
I will never buy anything associated with musk. He seems to be a Russian asset.
In days gone by this kind of behaviour would be considered almost treasonous.
Greed, money, power that’s him
That's hunter crime family.
Thank Christ commies like you are not in charge
Treason is tightly defined within the Constitution. IMO Musk's behavior falls short of the specifics.
@@kesilame2590for having a gun and not paying his taxes? That's something republicans should love!
@@philipb2134still very gross
Cancel all his government contracts and revoke his companies from benefits ofv tax breaks
That's good journalism. Great topic👍
So... Some citizen is slapping our government around?
"Rein him in" by NOT giving him anymore of our tax dollars!!!!
If they do that, the US loses the capacity to send humans into space and the only alternative right now is Russia. Russia was doing this for the US until SpaceX took over a few years ago. The tax dollar they get are contracts that get get paid for in exchange of services. Services that nobody else can offer.
So you want the astronauts currently at the space station to remain there and die ??
@@island97 oh-holy-o-feck. what did we do before elon musk? I guess the 1960's are not taught in _trump uni_ anymore!
@@kewakl8891 Before Elon Musk, Russia was providing transportation to the ISS and before that, the Space Shuttle was doing it. The Shuttle was cancelled in 2010 following a decision from W in the previous term. I similar contract was also given to Boeing to have 2 providers. The Boeing Starliner program is grossly over budget and sever years late as the haven't flown a single human in space so far. That is why SpaceX is the only provider currently, they were faster and on budget.
Elon Musk has provided Ukraine with their communication devices, while at the same time, allegedly acting as a spy for the Russians
And when Ukraine launched naval drone attack against Russia Musk secretly turned off the communication network destroying those drones to proted Russian war ships. War ships theat are committing war crime by targetting civilian infrastructure with the missiles.
He stopped providing it most likely like trump Putin ordered it to stop
From the woman that said for years Trump was in collusion with Russia. I don’t trust this woman at all. Keep drinking the kook aid
Now that makes a lot of sense. One person says Elon is in it only for himself and another says he is helping the Russians. Elon has more wealth than the entire Russian country right now.
And then he is refusing to help Ukraine on a counter attack. He literally refused to let the use SpaceX to track movements during the attack. The way Elon Musk praises people like Trump, who is now known as an enemy of the country, is very telling. I don't think Elin is a patriot, for sure, but it is even more concerning if he is an enemy.
I wasn't sure about Musk, I thought his existence might have an overall positive effect. Now I know that's not the case.
Elon Musk has the courage to push back in bad foreign policy which is wasting American retirement savings. Of course the establishment which is on the wrong side will not like anyone to push back! Elon is doing more good than most of the paid gov officials in the opinion of many people. Time will show who is really acting in the interests of most Americans!
If he wasn't receiving funds from the government, he could do what he wanted to do. But he does receive government funds, so he cannot act against the interests of the US or its allies.
Hello? The story is about Musk helping Russia. It's not made up no matter how many MAGATs claim it is.
He receives those funds as payments for his services.
Those funds aren't "aid" or sponsored.
@@apex9806 "He receives those funds as payments for his services. Those funds aren't "aid" or sponsored." - You seriously need an education.
@@apex9806those funds are considered subsidies for research and development. What’s crazy is that US taxpayers fund research (comes out of our checks in taxes), then corporations make a product which they turn around and charge us for. It’s a total racket!
Now you're talking!
Musk needs a take down not a take off
The government should have been ahead of this with regulation just as it should be ahead of rapidly developing AI technology. The likes of Elon shouldn't have to make these types of decisions for everyone's well being including Elon's.
the US should put Elon Musk on surveillance tap on all his devices, and punish him removing all his assets.
The government is useless these days, it's constipated, obstructed and half of them are fascists.
Which one of those other bodys do you think would have made the right choice? He is offering a free service for god sakes.
The government is incompetent on it's best day.
Seriously? The Republican party since Obama was in office has spent its years not governing or doing anything useful for We the People. It's all been tax cuts for billionaires, corrupting the federal judiciary with Federalist Society hacks, protecting Trump, and obstructing anything proposed by Democrats. It's all been about creating chaos all the time. How is any government suppose to do good work when one half of Congress i.e. Republicans, don't believe in government and want it to fail? Of course they should have been on top of this, but until American voters stop voting for Republicans we're going to have this kind of craziness.
He's a traitor. Deport him.
Why not he seems to be working counter to his own interests these days 😂
Next ask the U.S. Army about their plan to work around Elon "Muskva" and his pro-Russian agenda.
I like that label! I had been calling him Eloon, now I'll add that new last name!👍🏻
Funding NASA instead of pointless military bases overseas could probably put a good dent in Elon’s profits
Good one! Elon Muskva will need to remember that.
@stopthecrazyguy9948 That isn’t the goal and nor does it stop Russia and China from getting what they want. Situation in Syria is a pretty good example. Chinese businessmen taking over economies is also a better example.
Having done that, ask about their dodo de-extiniction plan to rid the Philippines of jihadist militants.
The fact that there are people who think this man is a good representation of people on the spectrum is beyond me.
THANK YOU
@@blktauna 100%
From the woman that said for years Trump was in collusion with Russia. I don’t trust this woman at all. Keep drinking the kook aid
Yet prevented further escalation
@@toomuchisaid928Are you serious right now? If the referee of a boxing match blinds one of the boxers in the third round, is that also preventing further escalation?
Now if we could just get Democrats to institute a better tax system that would make sure people don't become this wealthy, there's no reason any single person would ever need more than a billion dollars. TAX THESE PEOPLE.
LOL, so Republicans aren't in Congress and aren't responsible? Listen to yourself.
@stopthecrazyguy9948d's never vote, they have dom. In. ION.
This won't happen because these people are running the democrats party and are the largest donators.
See what happened with Sam (cryptoscammer) released, bill gates, google, Disney, mark Zuckerberg and Elon these are highest donators of the party.
I don't think democrats would go against their masters.
Third party alternative is needed
@stopthecrazyguy9948so hard in southern states.
That would anger the democratic party donors.
Stop weakening your position by proving Elon's points about MSM.
Elon: Genius and Madness
Where and how do we stop this crap.
@@User-6830vxfhsderanged commie wants to seize stuff
It starts with a bang. Musk is a threat to the U.S.
@@User-6830vxfhs South African - American conspiring with enemy of the US to undermine the Western alliance's effort to stop Putin's war of aggression to take over the Ukraine and enslave the people.
I despise Elon Musk.
the amount of energy elon uses to be a creep is insane
Lol
I was a huge Elon Musk fan. Once it became obvious he was a Trumpy, my heart was broken. I really thought an entrepreneur like Musk could change the world for good. Especially with the success he was having with Tesla and all the talk about going to Mars. But now he owns the 2nd largest Social Media platform, (by now probably not even half as large as it was when he bought it) His Trumpy-loving position has made Twitter a mess, and it looks like Mars is just a dream that has been shelved. I will just have to wait for NASA which will likely be another 30 years. But him getting involved in the Politics of Europe and taking the side of Putin? WTH?
You need to stop getting your info from Maddow & BSNBC. Musk is no hero, nor is Trump, but Maddow is a propaganda-pumping sh*tlib. ALL western media outlets are owned by 6 megacorporations. Look it up. These same corporations own the US govt. We the people have NO seat at the table. And we're lied to, EVERY DAY, by people like Maddow.
Refusing to participate in a foreign war isn't taking any political side.
@@fireteamomega2343 Participation isn't even in his wheelhouse. He is a citizen. The government makes those decisions, not him. He is welcome to his opinions just like the rest of us, but trying to influence the outcome of the war by limiting Internet access to American allies involved in the conflict borders on sedition, and it actually means he IS taking a side. Which is exactly what I would expect from a Trumpy. Support Putin instead of America.
I think I would hold out on buying a Tesla right now, if I could afford one
Ukraine needs to phase out Starlink. Other types of infrastructure may not be as wide-reaching, but at least they are not compromised.
That's like going from Iphone 15 to button phone.
How is it one person can literally get away with this Anti American conduct. His actions are no different than trump a Russian supporter
How is it anti American ? America isn't Ukraine and it's not our war to fund or fight. Neither is it Elon's responsibility to enable military communications for Ukraine.
@@fireteamomega2343 take your Russian tail home since you don't care about democracy
I am originally Russian, and I will tell you that: if you hold a referendum in Moscow or any other part of Russia, if they would prefer American rule, chances a big that people would say yes. But it doesn't mean that it would mean that the US can subsequently annex it. Same with Ukraine and its regions.
I'm pretty sure if you held a referendum in Russia, 70% or so of Russian citizens would vote to reinstate Communism. The only people in the world who think capitalism is a good thing are sitting in swank Manhattan/London/Parisian offices or on yachts & islands far away from reality. The only reason capitalism has survived thus far is because it is a cut-throat, ruthless b*tch that has been waging war against anything even remotely socialist for decades.
is US congress declared war against the Russia? Ukraine not even a NATO country. What the fuss is all about,?
Crazy no nato nation allows their weapons to be usef against russian territory
The US currently occupies 1/3 of Syria.
His a traitor?