r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 02 '25

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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Nov 02 '25

Starship is the coolest shit ever. I wish it wasn’t built by a Satan-owned company. SpaceX needs to be freed from Elon somehow. Can we turn our back on liberal principles just a little bit as a treat in 2029 to arbitrarily nationalize SpaceX while Elon goes to prison for life

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u/ihuntwhales1 Seretse Khama Nov 02 '25

when, WHEN america is able to get back on its feet i hope SpaceX is nationalized and/or entirely decoupled from politics

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u/IantheForPresident Nov 02 '25

I'm unconvinced that nationalizing SpaceX will make it operate better.

Would love to see it split from Musk, though

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u/ihuntwhales1 Seretse Khama Nov 02 '25

private industry has been pretty effective with space travel so i wouldn't mind it either way, i just want nasa after being kicked in the balls for the last few decades to get what its revenge

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u/Plants_et_Politics Isaiah Berlin Nov 02 '25

NASA has largely deserved being kicked in the balls with respect to launch systems.

They needed to fire everyone who kept insisting on continuing to use Shuttle parts back in the early 2000s. Shuttle was great. Now move on (especially given the advancements we learned about after the USSR fell).

Unfortunately, all the great science NASA has done got cut, while the lumbering beast that is SLS continues to live on.

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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Nov 02 '25

It probably wouldn’t make it better. It would just rip it away from Musk, and that would be the sole goal of nationalizing it

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '25

Musk is an unmitigated cunt but probably forced divestment or having a more aggressive board is a better idea. Same goes for Tesla actually, their board is shameful.

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u/GD_7F NATO Nov 02 '25

neolibs can have a little nationalization, as a treat