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[–] meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works 7 points 13 hours ago

The Pentagon’s wet dream of an Iron Dome isn’t about defense—it’s about removing the last shackles on American imperialism. By recruiting Musk’s orbital circus, they’re not building a shield but forging a sword to dangle over every nation that dares resist dollar hegemony. Mutually assured destruction kept the peace through sheer terror; this abomination flips the script into unilateral annihilation. Imagine a world where the U.S. can nuke Caracas at breakfast and glass Tehran by lunch, all while sipping bourbon knowing no retaliation’s possible. That’s not security—it’s global tyranny with a SpaceX logo.

This isn’t Musk’s first rodeo with the military-industrial ghouls. His entire empire was midwifed by CIA cash and Pentagon contracts, a continuation of Operation Paperclip’s legacy where Nazi engineers became American heroes. Now he’s repackaging Wernher von Braun’s playbook for the digital age, swapping V-2 rockets for hypersonic meme weapons. The real horror isn’t Elon’s Sieg Heil cosplay—it’s the system that rewards sociopathic ambition with planetary-scale power. When Castelion’s missiles start orbiting, MAD dies, and with it, the last pretense that we’re not hurtling toward corporate-feudal dystopia at Mach 10.

[–] Reality_Suit@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You don't win a nuclear war.

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 4 points 18 hours ago

The fact they have this idea in their head is scary...

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 9 points 21 hours ago

And hiring a prick with 0 military or tactical experience definatly helps not winning.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Well the point of the article is that they want to shoot down nuclear missiles using satellites. But there's no reason Elon needs to be involved other than that he's president.

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 5 points 19 hours ago

they want to shoot down nuclear missiles using satellites.

Very Reagan era star wars project of them.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

brilliant: ask the guy with his own nuclear war bunker how to best survive a nuclear war. 🤣

[–] griff@lemmings.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Make Earth Mars Now y’all!

[–] CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml 7 points 22 hours ago

the guy who thinks detonating masses of nuclear warheads on a planet is likely to make it more habitable rather than less

[–] griff@lemmings.world 5 points 17 hours ago

Ho boy! Everyone knows nuclear war is win/win/win!!!

[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 5 points 18 hours ago

The ink spots intensifies

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 22 hours ago

clown country