Elon Musk's zero accountability life
Elon Musk really doesnt want you to say hes responsible for the deaths of millions.
Earlier this week, Musk threatened to sue Rep. Ro Khanna for charging him with destroying the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and putting millions of lives at risk around the world:
There needs to be accountability for Elon Musk, Khanna said. You know, theyre celebrating that he created 4,400 millionaires [with his SpaceX IPO], but they dont talk about the 4.5 million children around the world who he possibly sentenced to death by dismantling USAID.
In response, Musk called Khanna a liar, threatened to sue, and said he should be in prison.
But Khanna is making a perfectly reasonable claim here. In that quote, he is (carefully) citing a peer-reviewed study that estimated the effects of dismantling USAID. It found that Musks Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will result in 14 million deaths overall by 2030, of which 4.5 million will be children under the age of 5.
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