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dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

Macron calls Musk ‘an oversubsidized guy,’ prompting retort

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Macron calls Musk ‘an oversubsidized guy,’ prompting retort

www.ctvnews.ca

dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 3 days ago
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday cited state support for Elon Musk’s Starlink as an argument for public investment in European industry, provoking a response from the world’s richest man after calling him “oversubsidised.”
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  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    if we had to suffer the term “welfare queen” for decades “baron von oversubsidy” should stick for at least a minute

    • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social
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      I’d rather go with Subsidy Karen.

    • axh@lemmy.world
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      Can’t we just call musk a welfare queen?

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    Ermagerd, state owned enterprises are state funded, how insightful from Mr Musk via Xitter! How many CEOs in SOEs receive multi-million dollar stock option handshakes though?

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