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Steve_the_Samurai t1_j73e1nv wrote

Reply to comment by ngwoo in Some popular accounts likely to disappear from Twitter as Elon Musk ends free access to API by printial

The first $300m interest payment was due this week so...

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Kalel2319 t1_j74lwow wrote

God how many people could that money feed?

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kerkyjerky t1_j74o4kt wrote

Well elon has already pedantically offered to feed the world so I’m assuming zero people.

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Real-Problem6805 t1_j74qidh wrote

He offered to sell the stock instantly if the reporter could make a reasonable plan to do so

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kerkyjerky t1_j74wtmp wrote

I mean do you really need a plan to actually make a difference in someone’s life? Feels like an easy escape if you ask me. It really doesn’t have to be a one size fits all approach, just give starving people food, the details can be worked out later. If you have ever been starved or genuinely malnourished, you would know that nothing else matters.

Again, if he genuinely wanted to make a difference in starving peoples lives, he can do it one meal at a time, one community at a time, hell one person at a time. Because as of right now, he still has done less than my 35 dollar a month donation.

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Real-Problem6805 t1_j750hp4 wrote

Yep because a plan is sustainable. You realize that food programs in places like Africa actually cause more starvation? Because free beats locally purchased every time it drives local produce out of the market. So you have to plan how to do stuff. Otherwise your just feeding pets

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Boreras t1_j76btp5 wrote

This is not true, a lot of food programmes and aid is aimed at helping producers become more productive.

https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33836

https://academic.oup.com/wber/article/33/1/1/5036796

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Real-Problem6805 t1_j76xa5x wrote

It's true direct food aid pushes local prices down and pushes local farmers out of the market.https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/world/americas/14iht-food.4.7116855.html

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Silvawuff t1_j75rr73 wrote

This, and there’s also the tidbit that a lot of world hunger stuff is gated behind, well, world peace.

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OriginalCompetitive t1_j75h8nl wrote

Musk could pay $300M per month for the rest of his natural life and not run out of money.

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Steve_the_Samurai t1_j76h212 wrote

In order to do that he would have to sell at least some of his businesses. He could not personally pay for it. Hence why he has a giant loan with 300m interest payments

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