Show how $6B will solve world hunger, and I'll donate it: Elon Musk to United Nations

brianlux

PJ_Soul said:

brianlux said:

oftenreading said:

That’s all well and good, but the reality is that many of these countries have been stripped of their resources by the “developed” world and are now seeing further damage due to climate change. We, the developed nations, have caused most of their problems to serve our own desires for material wealth and now we have the audacity to pretend that they really just need us to teach them how to live in their own countries? 

No, they need reparations for the damage we have caused, and lots of it. 

That is very true and worth considering.  How many of us have taken old computers and cell phones to e-waste drop offs?  We can't fool ourselves and believe all of our electronics get recycled in a nice clean, tidy manner. 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/burning-truth-behind-e-waste-dump-africa-180957597/

Photo of discarded electronics poisoning African children:

I'm still for helping third world countries find ways to be more self-sufficient (this is not just a Republican agenda), lower population, and improve education, but we do owe for some of this.

OK, back to my coffee (yes, another first world luxury I have yet to give up.  )

I figured that's what $6B would be used for, at least partly. Education (which ultimately leads to a reduction in reproduction rates, especially when it comes to educating women), clean water sources, improved farming infrastructure, etc. I don't think the UN would actually just spend $6B on groceries for poor nations!

I could get behind that!

Meltdown99

Restitution…Canada should demand restitution from England and Europe, they colonized them and tried to wipe out indigenous people. 

HughFreakingDillon

https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizahaverstock/2022/02/15/elon-musk-reports-donating-57-billion-to-charity-but-there-is-no-trace-of-that-gift-yet/?sh=2b9615ae2782

he's full of it.