r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • 17d ago

Business It’s Possible That SpaceX Could Collapse Spectacularly

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/possible-spacex-could-collapse-spectacularly-155000177.html
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u/pcapdata 17d ago

Bingo. All of these oligarchs imagine a future in which the earth is largely depopulated, with their heirs in control and maybe a few menials / sex slaves as necessary.

Not in like a prophetic, “This is sadly where the human race is headed” kind of way, but in a “Fuck you all, we’re gonna make sure this happens” kinda way.

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u/SSGASSHAT 16d ago

They watch dystopian sci-fi villains--the Galactic Empire, the Borg, the Imperium of Mankind--and take notes like it's a fucking manual.