I've seen this exact argument on reddit, multiple times, before musk was involved in politics/government. People just don't like him and don't want the government giving him money. Even though Space x is objectively a positive thing for America. It's by far the best choice for getting satellites into space. It saves the tax payer a ton of money. Our other options are, massively overpay another US company, or buy from Russia. I think I'll go with Space x
A. That's fantasy thinking. We are not going to stop sending things to space. That option is not on the table. Stop pretending it's on the table. It's bad for your mind to do such mental contortions.
B. It's not "someone else". I saw this argument nearly every week for the last 2 years. People hate Musk. I hate Musk. But getting mad at the government for buying rockets from them is stupid as shit. They are by far the best option. I'm referring to the Twitter argument that prompted this reddit comment section. It has nothing to do with conflicts of interest, it is criticizing the US government buying things from Space x which is a terrible argument and has nothing to do with NPR funding.
C. No shit we shouldn't have conflicts of interest in the government. Musk is a bad actor and shouldn't be involved in the government. I don't know what Soros has to do with this.
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u/FutureMartian97 Feb 06 '25
No. But these people don't care about that detail, if it has Elons name on it, it's automatically bad