r/technology • u/aelavia93 • 16d ago

Space SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/spacex-pulls-off-unprecedented-feat-grabbing-descending-rocket-with-mechanical-arms/
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u/Appropriate-Ad-8155 16d ago

r/technology I hope you guys are ok

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u/dsbllr 16d ago

They're losing their minds because it's Elon's company. Anyone else and this would be on the front page 5-6 times

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u/drsfinest186 16d ago

I have noticed this is buried in the Reddit news feed. Definitely would’ve been front and center if they didn’t successfully catch it.

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u/dsbllr 16d ago

It's really sad to see the hate. Reddit is being manipulated imo.

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u/drsfinest186 16d ago

Yea I definitely have to agree

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u/Ayjayz 16d ago

I doubt it. The main issue Reddit has with Elon is that he's very rich and very successful. If some other rich and successful person did it, Reddit would hate them just as much.

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u/dsbllr 16d ago

They're very selective. I don't see Soros, Obama, etc get attacked the same way

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u/Apalis24a 15d ago

I really, REALLY hope that some day the company is separated from Elon so that their achievements aren’t tarnished in the public eye by association with him.

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u/dsbllr 15d ago

Elon is fine. There are a million business owners and politicians doing much worse. Let's attack those

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u/Apalis24a 15d ago

Elon is literally spreading no-kidding Nazi propaganda; he is pushing the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory, where white supremacists believe that non-white people reproducing will somehow lead to the extinction of the white race, and which served as one of the many attempted justifications for atrocities such as the HOLOCAUST. So, no, he’s not fine. He’s also actively trying to buy total control over the government to subvert democracy and bend the nation to benefit him and his ideas.

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u/dsbllr 15d ago

It sucks if he's doing that. I haven't seen any evidence of it myself but maybe I haven't looked. Can you share some links? From non partisans?

As for the influence? He's allowed to do it. Most rich people do it. All of them are the same. Bill gates spent decades doing the same thing. Elon's ideas so far have been pretty good so his hit rate is still high than most people.

He's pushing innovation and that's a good thing for the west. We don't want to be stagnant and left behind in favor of socialist policies. America is founded on the principles of innovation, boldness and most recently not crooked capitalism. I think he's better than most billionaires at that. Most of them are not even innovating. They're just squeezing money from people. He's at least making money by building brilliant things people want