(October 8, 2024 at 12:55 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: We're getting a little off-track. My argument is that SpaceX (as well as Tesla) is a major plus for humanity. I don't disagree that Musk is a supreme douchebag and seems to be getting worse by the day.
My point is that any benefit arising from his zooming a few dozen folks to a Martian colony as a vanity project pales in comparison to the risk he poses to the world's oldest democracy and free expression. "Major plus"? Nah. We could have these advances without his dangers. Directing money to his companies is supporting his undermining of our democracy.
