• no surprises@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    was driven by an acute fear that Russia would respond to a Ukrainian attack on Crimea with nuclear weapons

    That man is stupid. He can do with Twitter whatever he wants, but someone like him shouldn’t have control over what the Ukrainian army can and can’t do.

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      1 year ago

      To be fair the Ukrainian army knew that they were not supposed to use Starlink for military purposes. The company entered into a contract with the Ukranian government particularily for civilian use.

      But yeah, I still agree with you.

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        “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

        Musk is the personification of that saying.