After the United States slashed its foreign aid funding last year, more than 280,000 aid workers worldwide lost their jobs
  • okamiueru@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    10 days ago

    In any morally just world, Musk and all those who enacted the USAID cuts would have all their material wealth removed in order to compensate for the cruelty of their actions

    It’s estimated at 30 22 million avoidable deaths by 2030.

    https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/03/aid-cuts-avoidable-deaths-study-children-uk-us-donor-countries

    Edit: Correction, 22 million, not 30. Still about twice the body count of Hitler and Nazi Germany. But, it’s cool that he became a trillionaire.

  • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
    111·
    10 days ago

    Everything the USA touches outside its own borders goes to shit eventually.

    Not saying everything inside its borders is hunky-dory btw.

    • Kindness is Punk@lemmy.caEnglish
      82·
      10 days ago

      Well the reality is that sometimes the US does do a lot of good outside of its borders almost never because of Republicans but when it’s cut down or left limping you bet your ass is always because of Republicans

      The most pressing example I can think of from recent history is the controlled release of sterile flies to stop the spread of screw worm and as it has been defunded under the Trump admin it has begun spreading again

      • stink@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        Yeah obama and hillary were epic chungus when they turned the oasis of Libya into an open-air slave market.