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SpaceX shows the natural boom, decay to a rut, bust out of rut cycle that happens in every industry. Strong independent government institutions make sure that the growth phase when that bust out of rut phase happens stays (relatively) positive for society and free of corruption.

I personally define a corporation as 'evil' when they try to change the regulatory framework to be in their favor since they cross the line from 'playing by the rules defined by society' to 'making up the rules instead of society making them up'. In a democracy it is important that society makes the rules to give the average person a chance to have their priorities listened to. Now that SpaceX is in politics they are an evil company because they aren't beholden to society. Musk will do whatever he thinks is valuable and there are no stops on him. I don't care how amazing the tech SpaceX comes up with, the danger posed by Musk and SpaceX are not even remotely worth it anymore.

parent jmward01 1 year ago

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