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Rangar
"But look at the DOW!"
raggeragnar
The one thing that baffles me is that Musk said he could end world hunger. That would’ve made him one of the best people ever lived on this planet. On the same level as the most divine religious people, wisest kings, innovative scientists and heroic leaders. Instead he chose to be remembered as having one of the worst legacies in the future history books; a greedy junkie with no empathy, morals, decency or any admirable qualities, whatsoever. I hope he gets anal herpes and lethal diarrhea combo.
rebelft
They needed money for wars.
eetsumkaus
I just hope that when USAID comes back, we can instead direct it to programs in these countries that won't make them so dependent on the US. The leaders in this countries are obviously relying on the US to provide for their people while they rob their people of the money that's supposed to go towards making their lives better.
Toqom
They cut usaid because it was investigating musk for stock market fraud. He is going to kill a ton of people to avoid jail
AtmaDarkwolf
And nobody realizes this for what it is? A culling, nothing but.
ricpaul
I've seen higher estimates (14M?). He's gonna struggle to claim his prize with these rookie numbers... https://imgur.com/seEFOc8
Funkman418
FUCK YOU FAKE RELIGIOUS PEDOPHILE PIG RAPISTS FUCK YOU
TheDiscoVampire
All of this is in project 2025. They literally wrote a book on what they're going to do. Why are people surprised by what they're doing?
Rosenaa
And the 9,4 are the least imaginable.
From the link. Q: *even under a mild defunding scenario, the projected number of excess deaths by 2030 is 9·4 million across all ages and 2·5 million among children younger than 5 years*
The worst imaginable. From the link:
Q: *Our models forecast an additional 22·6 million deaths across all ages, including 5·4 million deaths in children younger than 5 years, by 2030, under a severe defunding scenario* - And this is worldwide. Not "just" the USA.
EricPisch
decyfeRtw
At least. AIDS will spread again because of the cuts to USAID.
NZSheeps
thefrozenorth
They don't care. They're estimating up to 3 million Americans will be killed in the approaching American Genocide as they get rid of gays, lesbians and trans. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/trump-eugenics-disability-timeline-genes/
tinyfootprints
Actually, that is tragic. 9,400,000 fewer laborers to generate the wealth our owners bask in. How sad for them!
Grimlinnan
Trump and Elon Genocide.
FakeName4FakeFame
Can we pick?
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
Killing 1 person is murder. Killing 9.4 million people is 'policy'.
We need to bring back guillotines.
harbengerprime
"The death of one is a tragedy" "The death of millions is just a statistic"
nimeton0
Lampmonster
Trump is just the ugly cyst on the festering wound. We need a much bigger change than the removal of one man. The ultra-rich plague has to be cured.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
And the cure is a social and economic revolution to topple the very societal systems that have enabled them to consolidate authority and wealth from our communities.
Lampmonster
mcodger
Trust me, those deaths will briefly warm the coldly congealing of their nearly clogged hearts.
Shaodyn
Millions die due to policy decisions made by the rich, nobody bats an eye. But one little CEO gets shot in the street and everybody loses their minds!
Zamerine
"Everybody" being: the media, employed by billionaires, the cops, protector of billionaires, and politicians, owned by billionaires.
The people did not.
And people do bat eyes at the millions dying. They are just powerless.
TheAstralWalker
"It's easier to see a camel go thru a hole in a needle than a rich man entering heaven". They will find out the consequence of their actions, either they like it or not.
Alistairetheblu
Would* not will. Would find out, if their whole religion had not been bullshit in the first place.
TheMightyMollusk
Consequences in a theoretical afterlife don't really mean jack shit to the people suffering now in the physical world.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
Sure, if you believe in fairytale nonsense.
Unfortunately, there is no grand justice in death. We either make them face consequences in life or they never face them. Death is the end. There is no after. There is no such thing as a "soul" or a "heaven/hell" or whatever deity you think is out there.
I know it's comforting to believe but that's just unhealthy coping with our current inability to bring those consequences about. It's self-soothing, "Just World" fallacy nonsense.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
The only thing it serves is to keep people from taking the necessary risks because they can make the excuse that, even if they do not act, those who deserve consequences will inevitably meet them anyway, so there is no urgency to act in this life or need to take those risks.
delecti
No they won't. Heaven isn't real, and they'll all die rich and old if we don't do something about it.
quaggie
And pass that wealth down to their kids, who can torture the next generation.
NZSheeps
Wasn't there a Pratchett (?) bit about a rich man making a huge needle?
MarcUK
Just for information's sake. The eye of the needle in the story isn't about a literal needle. Back in the days when cities had walls around them, each side had a giant door which was only opened on certain occasions. Instead, people used a much smaller door off to the side which people referred to as "The eye of the needle" because its size forced camels to ducks their heads down and struggle through. :-)
Wolfshead009
Except that is pure bullshit created to try and reason away the actual moral of the story. There is ZERO historical proof that any gate by that name existed anywhere.
LostChats
Thank you for the information. This is a possible and even plausible explanation. I’ve not seen it proven as fact. Since Jesus spoke in parables, it leads me to believe it could be an actual needle.
meganical
Wow, is my conscience glad I voted against him so all these deaths aren’t on my hands
ThinkThisOut
lol I’m not razzing you but I have to share that it made me chuckle “well they shared their plan to depopulate the world, I’m aware of it, but I didn’t vote for this one specific guy who is a small cog in the whole thing so I’m in the clear to be on a high horse with a clean conscience” you have to admit that’s a really funny thing to read over a morning coffee & poop
BrickSprickly
Delete this
myeyesthegogglesdonothing
What?
ThinkThisOut
Short version is - we are in an interesting spot as a species
BeckyLookAtHerButt
"Win, win" -oligarchs
apoliticalpanda
''big loss. That's 9 million iPhones that will go unsold''
BeckyLookAtHerButt
"Think of the children!... in third world counties that will be out of work."
Pokegeologist
These aren't 9m folks buying iPhones. These are the people mining the rare earths or in sweatshops assembling them.
Sticklebrickk
It's almost as if they forgot they need us to make money for them
skyrick
Why do you think they are blowing so much on AI. They know that they aren’t willing to make changes to foster a vibrant underclass, so the underclass will continue to shrink in size. The only way to continue on after that is by creating a new underclass, powered by AI and robotics. A Cylon class to maintain Kobol and allow the perpetuation of the cycle.
Somnophobe
More importantly, all of the goods and services that money buys. Money doesn’t matter if there’s nothing to spend it on.