cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/54817902
Trillionaire Elon Musk's Destruction of USAID Takes Food Aid From Millions Facing Deadly Hunger
https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-usaid-famine
https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-usaid-famine
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/54817902
10 Comments
slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 48d
And this from the guy that "challenged" the UN to offer a plan on ending world hunger, which they already had prepared but somehow he didn't follow through with it
button_masher@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 48d
Which to me just doesn't make sense.
The man is hungry for attention and respect. His money would have bought him that and then some.
It was right there. Don't buy a super yacht and you'd effectively buy good will and get to one up all the rich elite club members, even if it doesn't work. And all that free marketing to help the numbers go up.
I dunno. Maybe money at that level just rewires the brain.
Paddzr@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 48d
Because he has no real money. His money is there to prop his wealth, the moment he touches it significantly, it dissolves.
It's an ego thing, wealth can only ever go up.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 48d
He blames them for 'not being transparent', or somesuch bullshit. Fact is, he just didn't want to do it because he's a selfish turd who'll say anything to get attention.
johncandy1812@lemmy.ca · 31 pts · 48d
Fuck the system that made someone like Musk a trillionaire.
Eril@feddit.org · 6 pts · 48d
Yes, but let's make it more general: Fuck the system that made someone a trillionaire.
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 48d
Fuck the system that allows the existence of billionaires
Chaotic_Altruist@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 44d
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · 28 pts · 48d
And yet the bastard is still miserable, has no real friends, no proper family, not even a functional dick.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 48d
On the plus side, that'll continue to be the case for the rest of his life.
TommySoda@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 48d
In 2024 USAID spent about $21 billion dollars. That's about 2% of Elon Musk's current "wealth." The fact that he doesn't even have to pay that much in taxes is an absolute failure.