[zimpenfish]

On the other hand, it would have alleviated famine in 43 countries for one year and if your response to that is "but that's not ending world hunger and I will not do it", you really need a long hard look at yourself.

But then again, Musk is going to turn out to be one of the great mass killers of world history with his destruction of USAID. Why would he spoil that by helping some folks?

[dnautics]

where do you draw the line? Suppose someone had a program that spent 6 trillion dollars that fed 10 people for one year. Would you then say "you need to take a long hard look at yourself". Not keeping people dependent on a program for just one year is exactly the point that Musk was trying to make. Solve the fucking problem, don't put a very expensive bandage on it.

> But then again, Musk is going to turn out to be one of the great mass killers of world history with his destruction of USAID. Why would he spoil that by helping some folks?

If you consider turning off an program that a group of people aren't particularly entitled to as equivalent to mass murderers who pulled the trigger on people like Stalin and Mao, maybe you need to take a long hard look at yourself. Suppose yanking USAID prompts the creation of a more efficient, more local solution that feeds more people. Will you give Musk the credit of saving people's lives?

[zimpenfish]

> where do you draw the line?

Well before someone comes out with a ludicrous bad faith hypothetical.

> Suppose someone had [ludicrous bad faith hypothetical]

Whoops.

> Solve the fucking problem, don't put a very expensive bandage on it.

That only works for the most trivial of problems. Anything complex will need expensive bandages until a complex solution can be worked out and, more importantly, implemented correctly.

> maybe you need to take a long hard look at yourself.

I have, many times, and that's how I turned from a bad faith edge lord posting this kind of hypothetical drivel defending the indefensible for years into a slightly less problematic member of society. And I will continue to take long hard looks at myself to try and improve further.

> Suppose yanking USAID prompts the creation of a more efficient, more local solution that feeds more people.

Again a bad faith hypothetical but let's assume this does happen - great! That would be grand. It still won't take away from Musk being responsible for one of the biggest mass murders in history.

[dnautics]

> It still won't take away from Musk being responsible for one of the biggest mass murders in history.

i dint particularly like musk. i would say he is shitty. your moral compass is fucked up.