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“Elon Musk destroyed USAID as a mechanism for killing off as many of the global poor and non-white as he can before they kill him first (as he, insanely, believes)” is not a conspiracy theory. In truth, it’s very hard to conclude anything else.

David Roberts@volts.wtf

For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.

I suspect that Musk's starting point was that he was appalled by the idea of aiding, in any way, the non-white poor of the global South. I doubt he even knew, at first, what sort of death toll destroying USAID would cause. That said, when somebody told him, I've no doubt he was gleeful.

personally i very much assume he knew it would kill a bunch of people. it does not take a genius to figure out that suddenly withdrawing aid will kill a shit ton of people.

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