• @[email protected]
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    571 month ago

    God damnit, yesterday I explained to someone in another thread what Trump meant when he said he could get Elon to kneel and beg, that Trump as President could revoke EV subsidies and/or heavily influence or defund NASA such that they stop funding SpaceX.

    I did not expect this goddamned moron to just actually say as much, directly, out loud, 12 hours later.

    • @ripcord
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      41 month ago

      He actually said the opposite here.

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        71 month ago

        What the parent comment is saying is the implication is that without Elon’s money, he wouldn’t consider EVs. So same meaning.

        • @ripcord
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          11 month ago

          Saying that he “has no choice” now doesn’t really sound like he’s the one in control of the decision. That’s definitely not the same thing.

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        1 month ago

        No, he said the converse.

        “Opposite” would necessarily suggest a different outcome (i.e. Musk not beholden to Trump).

        (Haven’t had a logic course in literal decades, so maybe someone can correct me if I’m misremembering. I forget how to draw those logic square thingies…)

        • @ripcord
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          11 month ago

          You’re right, thanks.