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1. Infected Moomin (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Feb-2022 14:40:36 JST Infected Moomin

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   • ‮innuB :bunHop:
   @bunni @norm Musk has made the same argument about government, you could try to get them to do X but they'll just fuck it up. At least for electric cars, the government tried to subsidize them into existence for years but Tesla made electric cars that people actually wanted. Feel like Space-X is similar, it had stagnated in government hands. I'm not really making an argument against government in general, but just American government from about Reagan-onwards.
   • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Feb-2022 14:40:36 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;

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     @Moon maybe not fair comparison there, though, when it's "corporation" vs. "corporation, but managed to purchase part of government and use to its own means". "the government doing stuff" hasn't really happened in us for a lot of decades
   • ‮innuB :bunHop: (bunni@raru.re)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Feb-2022 14:40:38 JST ‮innuB :bunHop:

     @norm I feel like if elon musk used his money on good things, he'd still do it wrongly and make more harm than good.Like if he invested on public transport, he'd still make it so it's hard to repair and only tesla-curated garages can repair them (be it buses or trains or whatever, he'd find a way to fuck it up)I also can't imagine him being in favour of unions, so he'd make employees in public transport services have a harder time (work more, get paid less, die earlier)