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tomberttoday at 2:44 AM1 replyview on HN

That's debatable. Musk bought his way into politics and shut down USAID very specifically because USAID was investigating him [1]. Oh, and he used his position in DOGE to assist in making sure that government contracts went to his companies, or licensing out his SpaceX workers when his idiocy led to a shortage of air traffic controllers [2], which was very obviously a publicity stunt if nothing else.

So it's a product that was bought and used to enrich a single person. Sure seems like a for-profit to me, at least in this administration.

[1] https://www.newsweek.com/usaid-elon-musk-starlink-probe-ukra...

[2] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...


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WalterBrighttoday at 4:59 AM

Still non-profit

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