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What will define Elon Musk's legacy? DOGE cuts to USAID Ebola programs

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Doge will likely be a minor footnote, considering everything else he’s done.

The hundreds of thousands of deaths he is directly responsible for will be the defining part of his legacy, as others race to create better electric cars and spaceships and social platforms. The amount of pain and suffering he has caused is immeasurable. There is no coming back from this.

(He knows this, too, given his recent panic on the subject.)

The majority of Ebola deaths are a result of the locals not allowing medical support near the bodies or the infected and also rubbing the bodies of the infected and rubbing themselves are part of some ritual or traditional practice while screaming. There are videos of this dangerous behavior, not posting here as they are far too graphic. Aid groups would not be permitted anywhere near the infected.

If you are interesting in helping people in these situations consider reaching out to rescue.org [1] and let them know. I am not affiliated but have spoken to them in the past. They are great and truly unique people.

[1] - https://careers.rescue.org/us/en

There is ample evidence of many other deaths directly caused by Musk's actions, unrelated to Ebola. For example, sudden withdrawal of critical medical care and food supplies. People were relying on aid to survive, the aid got cut off suddenly and without any tapering period or notice, and people died. There were a number of articles with journalists speaking to family members of the deceased, e.g. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary...

Perhaps so. In the case of the United States Agency for International Development I think they brought that on themselves by spending most of their budget on bribing officials and using propagandist warfare against Americans. Too many people know about that now. It was a good run but it may be time for other aid organizations to take their place and receive their budget.

> spending most of their budget on bribing officials

What source do you have for this?

It's wild how otherwise-reasonable people have fallen for this tripe. It's not dissiilar from how a good portion of the left unthinkingly bought the lie that racism is the root cause of every problem in the country.

I don't think the people relying on foreign organizations to have something to eat, have enough money to bribe officials and created propaganda and warfare against a country far away and separated by oceans.

He only killed a few dozen monkeys with the brain implant. That's nothing compared to denying children food and medicine.

I'll believe this is more than posturing when European governments start banning cameras-only self driving and/or investigating Musk and the DOGE bros for potential crimes against humanity (thereby preventing them from entering or doing business in ICC-jurisdiction countries).

Musk said they only stopped programmes with no paper trail. And something like 4 people so far were prosecuted for fraud.

He lied, just like he always does. The deaths are directly traceable to his "wood chipper" approach.

Occams razor - who is more likely to lie - people who’ve been suckling aid for decades or most scrutinised person in world with 1000s of death threats, no permanent abode and target locked on his plane.

The FSD driving by 2015 guy.

Musk has been aggressively suckling the federal teat for years at this point. Most recently: https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/06/22/trump-rural-broadba...

So yeah, according to Occams razor, grifting liars gonna grift and lie.

He might have, but at least he got receipts.

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