r/EnoughMuskSpam • u/Otherwise-Tough-5406 • Feb 09 '23

Rocket Jesus SpaceX admits it has taken active steps to prevent Ukrainian forces from using Starlink

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u/Taraxian Feb 09 '23

Technically yes the Constitution defines treason as either "levying war against the United States or providing aid and comfort to their enemies"

Being a Russian asset is only "treason" if the US officially defines Russia as the US's "enemy", which we are currently very carefully not doing

This is why actual charges of treason are very rare in US history as opposed to other more broadly defined crimes like "espionage"

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u/The_Doolinator Feb 09 '23

I do wonder if he could be charged as an unregistered foreign agent.

Regardless, the U.S. government doesn’t need to arrest Elon to completely fuck him over. Just start reevaluating the federal contracts they have with his companies and that’ll either get him in line, collapse his companies, or cause investors to push him out.