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SG Scott Galloway Scott Galloway Professor of marketing at NYU Stern and author of bestselling books including The Four and The Algebra of Wealth.

“Imagine the CEO of Northrop Grumman decides, I don't like what's going on in the South China Sea, so I'm going to shut off the guidance systems for Ohio-class submarines. Would we put up with that?”

Pivot (Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway) · Tech Strategy & Big Tech · November 2026

“Imagine the CEO of Northrop Grumman decides, I don't like what's going on in the South China Sea, so I'm going to shut off the guidance systems for Ohio-class submarines. Would we put up with that?” — Scott Galloway, Pivot (Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway)

Context

The hosts were discussing a congressional probe into SpaceX limiting Starlink military service in Ukraine. Galloway's analogy is that no conventional defense contractor would be allowed this kind of unilateral control over a military capability.

Transcript

Pivot (Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway) Around 43:24 into the episode
Scott Galloway

…make the best weapons in the world. We have saved Europe twice from fascism. We're going to go for number three regardless of how much money it costs. And we have more money and we have more resolve than you have young Russians to kill. I think that is immediately the Democrats should be outlining.

Kara Swisher

I agree.

Scott Galloway

But Starlink shutting off. Imagine the CEO of Northrop Grumman decides, I don't like what's going on in the South China Sea, so I'm going to shut off the guidance systems for Ohio-class submarines. Would we put up with that shit?

Kara Swisher

No, there should. These investigations are going to go on and on because these are very the Ukraine issue, what happened with Jensen here is really important. And these are the important investigations that Democrats should do. Along with Republicans, by the way, there's a lot of Republicans who…

Scott Galloway

Look, I actually don't think so. My sense is: first off, what we're doing makes absolutely no sense. If the Denver Broncos had the numbers one through 10 top draft choices every year, they'd be the best team in the world. And that's what America is. The best and brightest around the world all want…

Kara Swisher

So I think it's

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