While world governments and global bureaucrats scratch their heads looking for justification for another world war, one single individual was able to make massive impact using solely his own mind and decades of groundbreaking achievements.
Ukraine now has internet access after Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Federov tweeted at Elon Musk asking for his assistance.
Musk saw Federov’s tweet Saturday and turned on SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service for the Ukrainian people, whose service had been disrupted due to the Russian invasion.
[source: The Washington Examiner]
“While you try to colonize Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine!” Federov wrote on Twitter. “While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand.”
@elonmusk, while you try to colonize Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand.
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 26, 2022
Around 10 hours later, Musk replied, “Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.”
The Ukrainian plea comes after Russia invaded the country late last week, launching attacks from land and air and from the north, south, and east of the country.
Dear @elonmusk 👋
Ukraine needs your support. Your stance and your actions matter.
An appeal by our Minister of Digital Transformation here👇 https://t.co/7dhrwApApZ
— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) February 26, 2022
The Ukrainian government later replied on Twitter with gratitude, saying, “thanx, appreciate it.”
thanx, appreciate it https://t.co/OWm2Yu2WKC
— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) February 26, 2022
“Starlink provides high-speed, low-latency broadband internet across the globe,” the company’s website states. “Using advanced satellites in a low orbit, Starlink enables video calls, online gaming, streaming, and other high data rate activities that historically have not been possible with satellite internet.”
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are unique in that they do not rely on traditional internet infrastructure.
This a brilliant move on Musk’s part for a multitude of reasons.
Firstly, he’s proving once and for all that private sectors, not bloated government entities, provide better goods and services to a larger, more “diverse” audience exactly 100% of the time.
Everything works all of the time and that’s thanks to a small handful of innovators with visions no government could surpass.
The government is the world’s biggest corporation by definition and in practice. In fact it’s the only corporations liberals actually enjoy.
Author: Nolan Sheridan
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