alt Hacker NewsMaybe. I don't think we yet have a good understanding of how many deaths he will have caused as a result of DOGE so abruptly cutting off assistance to so many vulnerable people around the world, but I've heard estimates hover around 600,000.
Assuming that number turns out to be close to reality, how do you weigh so many unnecessary deaths against VTL rockets and the electric cars?
Perhaps a practitioner of Effective Altruism could better answer that question.
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> I don't think we yet have a good understanding of how many deaths he will have caused as a result of DOGE so abruptly cutting off assistance to so many vulnerable people around the world
Nor how many deaths will be caused by his support for far right parties across Europe, when they start ethnic cleansings.
>of how many deaths he will have caused as a result of DOGE so abruptly cutting off assistance to so many vulnerable people around the world
The US taxpayer has no moral obligation to send welfare "around the world". If you personally find this frustrating, you're welcome to donate that money yourself, directly. No one will stop you. If the world wishes to partake in the benefits of the American government, it should apply for statehood.
I have FIRST-HAND seen corruption around USAID-style "assistance" back home. I fully support that work of his.