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What an utter piece of shit.

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[–] blazera@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From the moment he gutted 80% of twitter staff very soon after a secret meeting with Putin, its all been pretty obvious Musk is a Russian asset. Twitter helped rally international support for Ukraine and he hasnt been subtle in sabotaging it

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Musk is whatever his narcissistic personality wants him to be to get the most attention.

[–] Yepthatsme@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

Throw that fuck in prison and nationalize all his shit.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 year ago

If true, my respect for Musk just dropped a .... well, none at all. It would be totally in character.

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't Ukraine paying for internet usage as well? So it's a breach of contract as well.

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

This is a great article on the subject posted recently:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule

[–] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Smells like a war crime to me

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 9 points 1 year ago

War-related crime maybe, but I don't think this is against any Geneva Conventions

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[–] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Throw him in jail. That's it, an individual has disengaged from America elected leadership to act as an independent agent. Also known as: a spy.

Like is this even a debate? Any citizen that did this would be in a CIA black site hoping they got to see their family again.

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[–] Arsenal4ever@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Secretly posted on Twitter that he did this because who is going to hold him accountable?

[–] Hegar@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

No crazy person should be allowed to have this much power. Starlink should be nationalized, and instead of a payout Elon can go to jail for all that market manipulation he's constantly getting away with.

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