06/01/2024 5:24:01 PM PDT
· 9 of 15 bigbob
to StolarStorm
Bingo. Musk may have a klll switch but the FCC won’t. Starlink is a global network that does not rely on US-based infrastructure. If that doesn’t make Musk the most important person on Earth, I don’t know what does.
06/01/2024 10:43:50 AM PDT
· 8 of 50 bigbob
to Cronos
There’s other factors...
For one, the large publicly-held companies used to be the best place to work for benefits including a nice pension when you retired. No more. Plus they are the most likely to do stupid stuff when some beancounter convinces management to “reduce headcount” or “rank and yank”.
The best choice is a privately-held company that has strong leadership, a history of resisting buyout offers, and makes something that isn’t readily offshored.
06/01/2024 9:13:49 AM PDT
· 16 of 39 bigbob
to Reno89519
There was a time when being located in financial capitals like NYC, Chicago, London, Paris, etc made good sense. In some industries it was virtually essential - but those days are long gone.
Everything is online and virtual, including and especially finance. I read the other day that if all the empty commercial real estate in Chicago was combined it would fill over a dozen Willis Towers. Prices have dropped by as much as 50% and the Valedictorian Mayor has decided to drop a bunch of money on developers to convert some of them to apartments. Now all they need is the jobs and body armor to convince people to live in them.
Doesn’t matter, they did it and got away with it. We lost in the courts and in the court of public opinion.
Now that the ridiculous 1976 Consent Degree that “Republicans” agree to that has prevented them from monitoring elections has been set aside, things can be different in future elections. Much depends on Lara Trump’s ability to organize and train the 100,000 election observers that she has promised by this November.