"Meetings are held, emails are sent, phone calls are made, and something like 520,000 children die of malnutrition, diarrhea, tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV." prospect.org/2026/05/22/w...
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"Meetings are held, emails are sent, phone calls are made, and something like 520,000 children die of malnutrition, diarrhea, tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV." prospect.org/2026/05/22/w...
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This is a classical example of mass murder by the state. They intentionally caused famine because they did not care about the consequences. The 20th century is riddled with leaders we rightfully consider monsters for doing the same thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_...
I actually have a pretty straightforward policy suggestion that would establish the legal framework to handle Musk and countless other cases.
I propose an international law that once you become personally responsible for the murder of 1,000 people, be it via direct violence or policy, you are declared a dragon and adventurers can form parties to quest against you.
Even if you want to be entirely self interested, what do these people think happens to the local population on the radicalization front when you, just as a random example, pull $70M of funding from comprehensive health, education and welfare programs in Afghanistan?
And these are just the most direct costs. My brother worked on USAID funded programs that provided educational resources to refugee and displaced kids. What do you think happens to thousands upon thousands of kids in Afghanistan without access to decent, basic education?
I remember when we were saving people starving had a a giant concert to raise money, on public television Live Aid 1988 A Personal Account of Live Aid — the Day Musicians United to Fight World Hunger medium.com/illumination...