‘How can we assist?’: Musk responds to Belarus opposition plea, will get bombarded with request for Stalink web entry

Elon Musk has responded to a plea from the Belarussian opposition to make use of his leverage “to cease dictatorship”. Folks on Twitter had been filled with concepts about how the extravagant billionaire might help.

Belarus is coping with the worst wave of anti-government protests the nation has seen in a decade, and the opposition may use an ally or two. A rich American, like, say, Invoice Gates or Elon Musk, may have sufficient clout to lean on President Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Sorry to listen to this. What can we do to assist?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 13, 2020

No less than, that appears to be the thought behind a Twitter publish that Musk responded to on Thursday. Purportedly moved by scenes of violence unfolding on Belarusian streets and the dramatic music that accompanied them, the billionaire requested how he may assist. An abundance of concepts flooded the feedback.

Some had been fast to supply amusing if impractical options to Belarus’ present issues, like, why not put Lukashenko right into a Tesla automobile and ship them each into orbit? Or use Musk’s engineering know-how to deploy “justice robots” towards the Belarusian police?

Please put Lukashenko into the Tesla automobile and launch it in area

— ロシア愛国者 🇷🇺♡🏳️‍🌈 (@re1i1er) August 13, 2020

Different commenters had been extra right down to earth. One well-liked demand was to offer Belarus entry to the web by way of Starlink satellites to counter suspected throttling of site visitors by the Belarus authorities. Musk may additionally use his connections in excessive locations within the US to encourage wider protection of occasions in Belarus on Western mainstream media, some individuals steered.

Expensive @elonmusk. These days, Belarus individuals protest totally free elections and democracy, danger life, and freedom. Throughout protests, authorities shut down the web, and reside streams watched by hundreds of thousands disrupted. Can you are taking us into your Starlink beta-testing program? We’re 52-53°N

— Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka) August 13, 2020

Arguably probably the most easy request got here from the writer of the unique publish, a femenist activist from Russia. She posted a hyperlink explaining how Musk or anybody may donate cash to the protesters.

There have been additionally skeptics who steered that international gamers, together with Musk, ought to keep out of the Belarussian stand-off.

I do know this stuff don't usually play to a strategic hand; nevertheless it's handy that it comes at a time when America is feeling further oppressed.

The final time America assisted within the liberation of a rustic, they had been higher off earlier than we 'helped'.

— Subjectivism (@Limpidliestish) August 13, 2020

In any case, Washington doesn’t actually have an excellent report of bringing stability and prosperity into nations fighting civil unrest. And albeit talking, it has its home protest plate full for the time being.

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