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Again I think you're overstating their importance. Less people are using satellite TV everyday thanks to streaming. Satellite internet is such a miniscule percentage of internet use it might as well be a rounding error. I don't doubt that will change but it will always be a fraction of the market.

As far as military goes, the US armed forces are insanely overpowered. None of that has to do with satellites. There could be a solar flare that knocks out every electronic device and we would still be on top.

It is also highly unlikely the US will ever officially be at war again. Congress would get eaten alive by their constituents. The military exists purely as a show of force, and a means of siphoning away taxpayer money forever.

parent throwntoday 4 years ago

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