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A comment on Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry. Parent comment

Re:Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry by protomolecule on Thursday May 30, 2024 @07:48AM (#40522599)
>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.

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957

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Re:Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry by throwaway1105q on Thursday May 30, 2024 @02:22PM (#40527020)
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.
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Re:Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry by protomolecule on Thursday May 30, 2024 @04:45PM (#40528490)
I don't think that 1.5 billion people can be a monolithic society.
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