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[–] [email protected] 167 points 4 months ago (4 children)

$45 million a month. Jesus fucking Christ, imagine the good that kind of money could do. Instead it's going straight to Fascists'R'Us.

[–] barsquid 53 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Remember when Elon said he'd gladly solve world hunger if someone gave him a plan to do so?

[–] shneancy 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

and then someone did, and he didn't

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did this actually happen? Do you have a source? Genuinely curious.

[–] shneancy 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/elon-musk-un-world-hunger-famine/

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/18/tech/elon-musk-world-hunger-wfp-donation/index.html

there's plenty of news sources covering the streams of promises he's made, and none that report on the delivery (because he didn't do it and never will)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Thank you for posting this. This pretty much says it all. What a shit head. "It’s not clear if Musk or Bezos have seen the plan and will ultimately decide to lend their support. Spokespeople for Musk’s companies did not respond to requests for comment."

[–] Theharpyeagle 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Even if I was using that money entirely selfishly I could come up with so many better things to do.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Frankly, setting it on fire would be a better use.

[–] Emerald 3 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It breaks my heart to think about that.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is just an example of what America does every second of every day. Valuing money more than people.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Example of what capitalism does every second. The problem is bigger and older than America.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

america is like the fruiting body of the capitalist fungus, what you see is a tiny indicator of an infection that has roots that continue on for miles.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago

Why do you think Vance is the VP pick? He is Peter Thiel’s bitch, who is Elon’s bitch. They are not even trying to hide it anymore.