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Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by fallingknife on Saturday March 29, 2025 @02:04PM (#43517333)
I agree on the conflict of interest part, but that conflict can be removed by winning elections and not some authoritarian seizure of private property. If Democrats controlled the government to the point that they can seize private property, he wouldn't be in government in the first place and there would be no conflict.
Re:xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B by solid_fuel on Saturday March 29, 2025 @08:36PM (#43520048)
After the conflict of interest is resolved, what next? The capabilities are still lost. He has still gained wealth from malfeasance. What's the next step? Pay him more money to fill the gaps created by corruption?

No, the answer is to ensure any profit from corruption is reclaimed. The idea of "just let the corrupt keep what they stole" has led us right here to this moment.

EDIT:

I do want to be clear on what my concern is here, too - I don't have a problem with commercial space flight. I wouldn't have a problem with NASA using commercial vendors for a major of their missions. I would have mild concern but not a great deal if NASA dropped most of their launch capabilities, retaining only ones needed for specialized missions and unique orbits. But I wouldn't oppose it like this.

But I have a major issue with that process being run by the one person most likely to directly profit from it. That completely destroys all faith that the process is being done in a responsible way that will put the well-being our nation above the wealth of a single individual.