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[–] 18 points 10 months ago (3 children)

He once said that if there was a concrete plan to solve world hunger he would do it. Then a representative of an actual plan to solve world hunger showed up on his Twitter feed and provided him with information and he was like 'nah'.

And the plan would only cost a small amount of his fortune. He bought Twitter for much, much more.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I think it was only like 6 billion, right?

    A huge number on its own, but in this context it's nothing.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    He paid 44 billion for Twitter and it took him a few days to raise that much money. He could have been the man to write the cheque to end world hunger and be honored by millions for generations to come (despite all his other bullshit), but he chose not to.

    The world starves not because we cannot feed the hungry, but because we cannot satisfy the rich.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Yup. The actual sources of world hunger aren't material but systemic. So it's not as easy as just "giving everyone food", but the more complicated "give everyone access to a robust agriculture supply chain".
    Fortunately, giving 1-2% of people fertilizer and some work animals might be a bit more complicated, it's significantly cheaper.

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