Reading about the predicted terrible human cost of the loss of aid across the world does make me wonder if this was a possible hidden motivation for its creation. Presented as altruism it nevertheless went some way to make countries and groups dependent upon it, thereby creating a tool for local destabilisation as needed. Trump is not using it in this way, his rationale is worse even than the one I have suggested.
this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2025
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Reading about the predicted terrible human cost of the loss of aid across the world does make me wonder if this was a possible hidden motivation for its creation.
Hanlon's razor - “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
No, you have every right (and obligation, actually) to be disillusioned about the United States. This thought, however, verges on conspiratorial delusion.
All in an effort to save less than a percent of the US budget. Musk could literally solve every problem in the US with his billions of dollars and still have more money than he could ever spend in one lifetime, yet we need to cut aid to other countries because it's "wasteful."
"Musk could literally solve every problem in the US"
Musk and his billions couldn't fund Medicaid for a year. He'd make a sizable dent, but only a dent, in our overall student loan debt. Public debit, which is becoming a major issue with interest now consuming a huge part of our budget, would barely be dented.
He could fund US Aid for a few years. This in large part comes down to the fact that it's minuscule spending.
Musk could do very little with "every" problem in the USA. If he decided to, he could address some of the smaller specific issues but that's it. I'd applaud him for it but we need to be realistic about the numbers here.
Let them eat cake - Love MAGA