Re:Weird things about SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites
by deterministic on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @07:56PM
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Very naive. A planet without a single monopoly on violence (aka a government) will quickly get one or have N competing groups fighting to become one. There is a reason why we called countries without a functioning government a “failed state”.
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Re:Weird things about SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites
by wmf on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @11:36PM
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Oh there will be government on Mars... and Elon wants it to be him.
Re:Weird things about SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites
by deterministic on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @07:20PM
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Yep. He will control the flights to and from Mars. That’s a lot of power.