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Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of "killing" children with USAID cuts (www.axios.com)

submitted 1 week ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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Bill Gates ratcheted up his feud with Elon Musk on Thursday, saying the former DOGE head was "killing" children through USAID cuts.

Driving the news: Gates vowed to give away "virtually all" of his wealth through the Gates Foundation over the next two decades, he announced Thursday.

Gates' "key aspirations" to guide the foundation's funding over the next two decades center on promoting child and maternal health and fighting infectious diseases and poverty.

Those target areas overlap with the USAID programs from which Musk and the Trump administration cut billions.

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[–] ComradeIntergalactic@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

He says this yet refuses to denounce Israel.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bill Gates was friends with Jeffrey Epstein after he was convicted for child exploitation. He really cares about children.

[–] psycocan@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, he's ok with the genocide in Gaza. So apparently he doesn't care about children he can't touch

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Oh snap.. Snap snap SNAP!

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Bill Gates is a selfish idiot and the only reason he cares about what Elon Musk is doing is it undermines the public facade of billionaires.

Cody Johnston is the right person to explain this.

Billionaire Philanthropy Is Kind Of A Scam - Some More News

https://youtu.be/69AtkAHkKEc

edit, didn't mean to imply Elon Musk was anything other than a hateful piece of shit, my point is that people like Bill Gates are getting nervous Elon isn't hiding it better.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago

I doubt it's only a feud based on optics. I think it's likely bourgeois factionalism

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bill Gates is taking over USAID job. Get wrecked Global South thinking they can break free from neocolonialism!

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pretty sure his foundation received a significant amount of money from the gov that has been cut off with all these cuts, I think he’s just mourning his infinite money cheat code being turned off.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That also is highly likely. You cannot spell billionaire without government handouts.

[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Ah yeah, I see. I really can't

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago

Every billionaire kill yourself challenge.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 week ago

has bill gates talked about Israel for directly murdering children?

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 week ago

Morality lessons from Bill Gates. The mind boggles...