Re:Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry
by protomolecule on Thursday May 30, 2024 @07:48AM
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>as they are an autocracy, which means the citizens cannot complain
You mean like in the Middle East during the Arab spring?
>The west's citizens would not want to make sacrifices
That's how democracy works, right?
>europe is paying dearly for it
Some would say that Europe is paying for American "Fuck the EU"[0] policy.
Re:Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry
by throwaway1105q on Thursday May 30, 2024 @02:22PM
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There are very significant budget/capability differences between any of the Arab Spring states and China. Also internal religious and ideological differences - there is no large armed faction in China.
Re:Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry
by protomolecule on Thursday May 30, 2024 @04:45PM
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I don't think that 1.5 billion people can be a monolithic society.
The war that russia is waging against ukraine is clear evidence used to support this point - that being dependent on russian gas/oil was a mistake and europe is paying dearly for it.