Oddbean new post about login | logout Addendum 9 cont'd Elon Musk’s Private Interests Should Not Dictate Public Policy https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/elon-musks-private-interests-should-not-dictate-public-policy/ * in deciding to deploy Starlink satellite technology Musk became essential part of Ukrainian gov. wartime communication infrastructure * damage this concentration of power has wrought is irrefutable * Musk lacks credentials, expertise, popular support to act on behalf of those directly implicated in the war * continues to do so simply by virtue of his wealth #Musk #oligarchy #WarInUkraine
@c17393bb For more on the subject of men playing god with the world: How charitable donations are used as among other things a form of tax avoidance https://youtube.com/watch?v=OH4uh8cHuto Hasan Minhaj explains everything wrong with big philanthropy https://youtube.com/watch?v=mS9CFBlLOcg The hated one delves into Bill Gates intervening with US domestic education policy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag5zQeXC-TY
A9 cont'd 2/ No One Man Should Have All That Power As “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk continues his campaign of censorship at Twitter, we’re getting an exhibition in the outsized power of billionaires to shape our politics https://jacobin.com/2023/09/twitter-elon-musk-free-speech-media-ukraine-starlink/ ` #Musk #oligarchy #WarInUkraine
Addendum 10 See also addendae 3-5 They’re Ultrarich Techies, and They Want to Build a City From Scratch. What Could Go Wrong? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/opinion/solano-county-flannery-associates-billionaires-build-cities.html