il manifesto di oggi, 13 giugno 2026, questo articoletto sembra una sciocchezza da poco invece qua e là infila la possibilità, per chi sa leggere, di qualche riflessione:
"#SpaceX è partita a razzo anche a Wall Street. Il debutto sul Nasdaq della società aerospaziale fondata da Elon Musk ha confermato le attese della vigilia: il titolo ha aperto a 150 dollari, sopra i 135 dell’offerta, per poi superare rapidamente quota 170. Centrato, anzi superato, l’obiettivo dei 2 mila miliardi di capitalizzazione. «Verso Marte e oltre», ha dichiarato Musk poco prima dell’apertura, collegandosi da remoto per suonare la campanella inaugurale, mentre in sala, per la famiglia, era presente e gongolante la madre Maye Musk.
Con la quotazione, il patrimonio complessivo di #Musk — tra SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink e The Boring Company — ha superato i .1000 miliardi di dollari, facendone il primo trilionario della storia.
UN TRILIONE: mille miliardi di dollari, un milione di milioni. Il pensiero va ai «fantastiliardi» di Paperon de’ Paperoni, una ricchezza così grande da sfuggire a qualsiasi misura. Infatti, per capire cosa significhi questa cifra servono paragoni concreti. Spendendo un milione di dollari al giorno, ci vorrebbero 2.740 anni per arrivare a zero. Un trilione di dollari, equivalente allo stipendio annuale di 13 milioni di lavoratori statunitensi, è anche una scala economica nazionale: vicino al Pil di Australia e Spagna, pari a quello dei Paesi Bassi, superiore a quello di molte economie avanzate come Taiwan, Irlanda, Israele, Belgio e Svezia. Significa che il patrimonio di un singolo individuo ha raggiunto e superato la produzione annuale di beni e servizi di uno stato del primo mondo.
QUESTO TRAGUARDO è figlio di una grande promessa. SpaceX è stata fondata nel 2002 per abbassare i costi dei lanci e rendere possibile, per Musk, una futura presenza umana su Marte. In poco più di vent’anni l’azienda è diventata il simbolo della nuova economia tecnologica, anche a dispetto dei bilanci: ha introdotto i razzi riutilizzabili Falcon e trasformato l’industria spaziale, per lungo tempo dominio degli stati, in un mercato conteso da grandi imprese private. Il secondo pilastro è Starlink, la costellazione di satelliti che porta internet nelle aree prive di infrastrutture e rappresenta uno degli asset più redditizi della società.
INTORNO ALL’OPERAZIONE, oltre alla borsa ufficiale, si sono mossi anche i mercati ombra: strumenti e piattaforme che anticipano il valore futuro dell’azienda. Ieri, prima dell’apertura, alcuni scambi indicavano già valutazioni oltre i 2.300-2.400 miliardi di dollari, più del 35% sopra l’offerta iniziale. Anche i mercati predittivi come Polymarket hanno spinto la corsa, puntando sul superamento dei 2 trilioni nelle prime fasi di scambio. Scommesse vinte. Per le azioni, invece, denaro puntato sul futuro prima ancora che il futuro accada, spesso ignorando i fondamentali.
E nel caso delle imprese di Musk lo scarto tra promesse e risultati è evidente: nel 2025 SpaceX ha registrato 18,7 miliardi di ricavi e 4,9 miliardi di perdita netta, con perdite cumulate per 41,3 miliardi al 31 marzo e un rosso di 4,27 miliardi nel solo primo trimestre, contro i 528 milioni dell’anno precedente.
IL CAPITALISMO è strutturalmente orientato all’accumulo: non produce valori d’uso ma valori di scambio, e a guidarlo sono i profitti, non i bisogni sociali. Oggi però assistiamo a concentrazioni di ricchezza senza precedenti. E a qualcosa di più. Alcuni imprenditori controllano infrastrutture essenziali come reti satellitari, piattaforme digitali e sistemi di intelligenza artificiale, diventando attori del funzionamento e del disciplinamento sociale. Anche per questo attorno a Musk si è sviluppato un vasto dibattito politico e culturale: la sua influenza pubblica cresce insieme alla ricchezza, dalle posizioni espresse sui social al controllo di una piattaforma globale come X.
C’È PERÒ QUALCOSA di antico in questa nuova febbre del futuro. Nel Novecento il culto della modernità e della macchina si era già coniugato a pulsioni reazionarie: il futurismo italiano celebrava velocità, forza e potenza industriale, finendo per confluire nello squadrismo mussoliniano. Oggi, la visione di Musk rischia di fornire l’infrastruttura culturale e tecnologica per un nuovo autoritarismo tecnocratico, che, volendo, si può chiamare anche #tecnofascismo."
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#Espionage
⛔️🇺🇸Musk gets around US Sanctions by turning his back to third parties in UAE who sell in bulk to Russia, bypassing sanctions and allowing Pentagon funded military tech into Russian hands to commit genocide (more)
https://kyivindependent.com/musk-denies-starlink-sales-to-russia/ #Ukraine #USA #Press #UnitedStates #News #UAE #Dubai #Musk #ElonMusk #Twitter #X #Starlink #SpaceX #Mastodon #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk
#NoUSRepublicans2024 #BetterOldThanSeditious
Musk undercuts the Biden admin's EV charging initiative:
"Elon Musk has upended a deal the WH saluted early last year to open Tesla’s chargers to other automakers, dealing a blow to Pres Biden’s EV agenda.
Musk decided in the last week to eliminate almost the entire Supercharger team at Tesla. He hasn’t publicly confirmed the move or offered a rationale, but has said the co will slow the expansion of its charging network."
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
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The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project
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Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-boring-company-violations-fines-vegas-loop?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ElonMusk #LasVegas #Environment #Regulation #Musk #Nevada #Vegas
#ElonMusk Ramps Up Anti-Biden Posts
The #billionaire has increasingly been using his #SocialMedia platform to criticize #POTUS #Biden.
“He is just a tragic front for a far left political machine,” #Musk wrote. It was the 29th time this year that he had posted about the president….
#power #influence #TaxCutsForTheWealthy #CorporateTaxCuts #gaslighting #propaganda #BigLie #democracy #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/technology/elon-musk-x-biden.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #QuinnSlobodian & #BenTarnoff to talk about their book #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.
'We see a mind that is profoundly troubled by any contagion spreading into seemingly closed systems—it can take the form of racial others, transpeople, “woke” populations, or most generally and dismissively, “Non-Player-Characters.” '
#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs #books @bookstodon
Recently #ElonMusk smearmongered his daughter (his daughter is #trans, she disowned him and changed her last name)
So Vivian decided to break the silence on #Threads:
https://www.threads.net/@vivllainous/post/C91xDGJSUX_
#Musk's original crap on #Twitter (warning, #deadnaming):
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1815519696424161361
"in a ketamine-fueled haze, he's desperate for attention and validation from an army of degenerate red-pilled incels and pick-mes who are quick to give it to him. Go touch some fucking grass"
DAMN!😆
#Democrats flip #SocialMedia *#censorship* complaints on #Musk, #GOP
#ElonMusk’s #X is facing #impartiality questions after he endorsed #Trump & the *platform* restricted pro-#Harris account.
#Republicans have spent the better part of a decade accusing #SocialMedia companies of “censoring” *#conservative* viewpoints & skewing their platforms to benefit Democrats.
#VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/13/democrats-flip-social-media-censorship-complaints-musk-gop/
#DonaldTrump sat down with billionaire #ElonMusk on Monday for a rambling and vitriolic interview that revisited many of the former president’s most divisive talking points.
The ex-president attacked #migrants, denounced #KamalaHarris and praised #Russia in discussion delayed by technical glitch
#Trump revisits most divisive talking points in rambling interview with #Musk
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/12/trump-elon-musk-interview
July 30
#uspol #harris2024 #Musk
#TheScentedOne #BigPlatform
A few words about Xitler and his little ban habit and Big Platform in general.
4 min
Saying goodbye to comet A6 Lemmon. It's getting very low, and clouds are increasing in southern New Mexico.
It was a remarkable run of many clear nights.
This is a single exposure on a fixed tripod.
There's a blurred silhouette of a power line, and satellite trails in this image. They belong in the frame because this is the world we have created. It's getting increasingly difficult to escape to pristine nature.
Perhaps the phrase 'pristine nature' is now an oxymoron?
When is the first No Kings General Strike?
We all need to help with community building and boosting civic engagement. These activities have atrophied for decades, and it shows.
#NewMexico #Comet #Photography #Astrophotography #Technology #Astronomy #Science #Nature #Politics #USpol #Fascism #MAGA #ClimateChange #Trump #Musk #Anthropocene
#legalEagle #politics #usa #trump #corruption #corrupt #dueprocess #america #notmypresident #nebula #abortion #ruleoflaw #press #executive #tariff #trumptariff #DOSE #musk #equalprotection #freedomofspeech #freedomofassembly #righttocouncel #murder
https://nebula.tv/videos/legaleagle-every-illegal-act-trump-committed-in-2025-so-far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hybL-GJov7M
#Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X - https://www.wired.com/story/grok-is-generating-sexual-content-far-more-graphic-than-whats-on-x/ "outputs hosted on Grok’s official website shows it’s being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors." #musk #csam
“We’re Too Close to the Debris”: How SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk
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The FAA predicted Elon Musk’s Starship would cause “minor or minimal” disruption. Then the rockets exploded twice in three months over busy airspace. Flight data reveals how many planes scrambled to protect passengers and avoid burning debris.
https://www.propublica.org/article/spacex-faa-launch-airlines-safety-explosions-florida-caribbean?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ElonMusk #SpaceX #Starship #Aviation #Space #Safety #Musk
From the Sentinel Colorado / Toon in Monday. https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/toon-in-monday-481/ #politics #musk #elections
"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places — and there are so many — where people have behaved magnificently, it energizes us to act, and raises at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
— Howard Zinn
https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/
#HowardZinn #Democracy #Resist #Protest #Invincible #USPol #Trump #Musk #DOGE #GOP #ICE #Fascism #NoKings #Vote #VoteBlue
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AFP--Elon #Musk says he has created new US political party
ADDED: "The America Party."
This name had already been reported, ICYMI.
https://www.dw.com/en/elon-musk-launches-new-america-party/a-73171209
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting #SocialSecurity Benefits
#Musk claims to have found rampant #fraud in the Social Security Administration. There's a much simpler explanation.
#COBOL does not have a date type, implementations rely instead on a system whereby all dates are coded to a reference point. The most commonly used is May 20, 1875, when a birth date is missing or incomplete, meaning all of those entries in 2025 would show an age of 150.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-social-security-150-year-old-benefits/
https://archive.ph/uL7g8
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A PROPRIETARY chatbot—
proprietary— private, someone owns it—
Musk rolled it out quietly — WITHIN THE US GOVERNMENT— as he cuts federal workers.
And “The DOGE team hopes to eventually use it to analyze contract and procurement data.”
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#USGov #USGovernment #USA #musk #trump #DOGE
https://www.wired.com/story/gsai-chatbot-1500-federal-workers/
The judge wasn’t amused.
#Musk’s outsize reputation, provocative remarks & his friction with a federal #judge have dominated the trial in his case against #ChatGPT-maker #OpenAI.
#law #judiciary #tech #business #AI #TechBros #billionaires #narcissism #megalomania #assholery
https://wapo.st/4cK7rqN