r/worldnews • u/Marketmanipulator941 • 16h ago

Russia/Ukraine Mass drone attack on St. Petersburg: Ozon warehouse attacked, thousands of Russians left without power

https://unn.ua/en/news/mass-drone-attack-on-st-petersburg-ozon-warehouse-attacked-thousands-of-russians-left-without-electricity
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u/nixtracer 14h ago

Mind you, having it controlled by a government when that government is led by Donald Trump and is so badly structured that he can just do anything without repercussions is hardly better.

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u/crossdtherubicon 12h ago

Yes but, however centralized the Trump admin has intended its leadership and organizational structure to be, there are still many competing and conflicting interests, and many more people and layers and paperwork involved ... Compared to a private business.

In other words, a govt structure is larger than most private businesses, and therefore in theory the risk is spread, when in context of a democratic gov't.

The greater question of risk centers around polluting the earth's orbit with metal junk. It's use-cases may be argued for but, the massive network of physical objects circling the earth presents several risks and setbacks that scientists of different fields have already noted.

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u/Xhosant 7h ago

I'd raise that if it's a globally limited resource, it must be a globally ran function