Ultra Magas Brother Bob

Elon Musk bought Twitter, ripped control away from the old gatekeepers, and sent the political establishment into a years-long fucking meltdown. Now, suddenly, some of those same ideological warriors have discovered an urgent national-security crisis requiring government intervention against SpaceX. How extraordinarily convenient. Jonathan V. Last wants SpaceX nationalized, broken up, or aggressively regulated. Robert Reich has joined the anti-Musk crusade. Apparently, the man who helped restore America's ability to launch astronauts into orbit has become such an intolerable threat that Washington needs to get its hands on his rocket company. So where are the demands to nationalize Lockheed Martin? Boeing? Northrop Grumman? RTX? These corporations are deeply embedded in America's national-defense infrastructure. Their products underpin American military power. Yet somehow the extraordinary nationalization conversation keeps circling back to the billionaire who committed the unforgivable sin of purchasing Twitter. What a remarkable fucking coincidence. Last insists Musk's personal politics aren't the central issue, then describes him as uniquely dangerous. Reich spent years railing against Musk's influence over Twitter. Now we're supposed to swallow their sudden concern about concentrated private power without examining that history? Bullshit. If concentrated ownership represents such an existential national-security threat, establish a consistent standard. Apply it across the defense industry. Explain precisely why existing contracts, oversight, and enforceable safeguards are inadequate. Instead, we're treated to the spectacle of political commentators floating extraordinary government powers over a company whose owner they openly despise. And that's where this becomes genuinely alarming. Once political hostility helps determine which successful American enterprises deserve government takeover, every independent business leader becomes vulnerable to the same playbook. Build something extraordinary. Defy the establishment. Challenge its preferred narratives. Then watch your political enemies discover a national emergency conveniently located inside your balance sheet. That's one hell of a precedent. The most dangerous thing about this nationalization crusade is the breathtaking arrogance of people who believe their political contempt entitles them to contemplate government control over someone else's achievements. They've turned their hatred of Musk into an argument for handing Washington the keys to his rockets. And they have the fucking audacity to call that national security. (article below)