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There's no way I will continue to use Cursor if it's Elon-owned. His actions at DOGE literally caused the deaths of thousands. We should all boycott.

segmondy 3mo ago
hundreds of thousands
MaxHoppersGhost 3mo ago
Citation needed.
- petra 3mo ago
  I'm Israeli. Trump worked with Netanyahu in trying to "convince" the people of Gaza to leave, so Trump could turn Gaza into a vacation resort. Musk of course used twitter so Trump could get elected.
  - asadm 3mo ago
    do also note that twitter is now the only place not censored by Israel.
    - UltraSane 3mo ago
      How does Israel have the power to censor everything but Twitter?
- 2muchtime 3mo ago
  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... Thousands is a conservative under count according to this.
  - htx80nerd 3mo ago
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    - thenberlin 3mo ago
      Two things: A) With great power comes great responsibility + making the world better through eradication of diseases, heightened food and economic security, improvements to the stability of nations, access to shared research and information, and increased personal agency makes it all better for Americans too. B) Given you probably find (A) uncompelling, you should familiarize yourself with the concept of "soft power" and try to learn a bit about how relatively inexpensive it's been for the US to have an outsized influence around the world over the past many decades (outside of stupid, unnecessary wars, of course) and the benefits that's yielded for our economic and geopolitical interests across the board. If you'd prefer to not though, don't worry -- provided you're around for a couple more decades, you're going to get a crash course in the alternative.
    - enraged_camel 3mo ago
      That must be why Trump spent over $50B bombing Iran and agreed to pay them several hundred billion to go back to the status quo.
    - reciprocity 3mo ago
      This comment is fundamentally not understanding USAID's role. You are not equipped for a discussion on this issue.
    - kashunstva 3mo ago
      > it's not Americas job to take care of the rest of the world. No, it’s not. But suggest you read about the role of “soft power” in diplomacy. The current administration seems to believe that only force, threats of force, and coercion can extend and maintain U.S. influence. But they are quickly learning the limits of this “strategy.”
UltraSane 3mo ago
Musk's completely pointless destruction of USAID will kill millions of people.
- MattRix 3mo ago
  Yep, and the majority of them are children. It’s so horrific that it deserves to be brought up any time Musk is mentioned for the rest of his life.
htx80nerd 3mo ago
>His actions at DOGE literally caused the deaths of thousands. you mean that part where the US spends billions of dollars helping other countries and they hate us for our troubles?
- zemo 3mo ago
  pretty sure they hate us for other reasons and also reducing how much AIDS and ebola is in the world is good, this seems obvious to me

segmondy 3mo ago

hundreds of thousands

MaxHoppersGhost 3mo ago

Citation needed.

petra 3mo ago
I'm Israeli. Trump worked with Netanyahu in trying to "convince" the people of Gaza to leave, so Trump could turn Gaza into a vacation resort. Musk of course used twitter so Trump could get elected.
- asadm 3mo ago
  do also note that twitter is now the only place not censored by Israel.
  - UltraSane 3mo ago
    How does Israel have the power to censor everything but Twitter?
2muchtime 3mo ago
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... Thousands is a conservative under count according to this.
- htx80nerd 3mo ago
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  - thenberlin 3mo ago
    Two things: A) With great power comes great responsibility + making the world better through eradication of diseases, heightened food and economic security, improvements to the stability of nations, access to shared research and information, and increased personal agency makes it all better for Americans too. B) Given you probably find (A) uncompelling, you should familiarize yourself with the concept of "soft power" and try to learn a bit about how relatively inexpensive it's been for the US to have an outsized influence around the world over the past many decades (outside of stupid, unnecessary wars, of course) and the benefits that's yielded for our economic and geopolitical interests across the board. If you'd prefer to not though, don't worry -- provided you're around for a couple more decades, you're going to get a crash course in the alternative.
  - enraged_camel 3mo ago
    That must be why Trump spent over $50B bombing Iran and agreed to pay them several hundred billion to go back to the status quo.
  - reciprocity 3mo ago
    This comment is fundamentally not understanding USAID's role. You are not equipped for a discussion on this issue.
  - kashunstva 3mo ago
    > it's not Americas job to take care of the rest of the world. No, it’s not. But suggest you read about the role of “soft power” in diplomacy. The current administration seems to believe that only force, threats of force, and coercion can extend and maintain U.S. influence. But they are quickly learning the limits of this “strategy.”

UltraSane 3mo ago

Musk's completely pointless destruction of USAID will kill millions of people.

MattRix 3mo ago
Yep, and the majority of them are children. It’s so horrific that it deserves to be brought up any time Musk is mentioned for the rest of his life.

htx80nerd 3mo ago

>His actions at DOGE literally caused the deaths of thousands. you mean that part where the US spends billions of dollars helping other countries and they hate us for our troubles?

zemo 3mo ago
pretty sure they hate us for other reasons and also reducing how much AIDS and ebola is in the world is good, this seems obvious to me