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USAID looking for an ROI???? THat's NOT the purpose of aiding other countries. You don't need to look for a return on an investment. USAid was feeding children

USAID looking for an ROI???? THat's NOT the purpose of aiding other countries. You don't need to look for a return on an investment. USAid was feeding children in places. You're looking for an ROI on saving human lives. Learn empathy.

Smeevy 2y ago
Empathy seems to be in rare supply these days. I've made the mistake of talking to these people about the human collateral of these decisions and it's waved off like I'm bringing up an unpleasant experience in a checkout line.
- seivan 2y ago
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- EasyMark 2y ago
  Musk has said empathy is why democratic western countries are failing.
- cess11 2y ago
  It's surprising to me that not more of them object to Radio Liberty and its siblings getting ratfucked, since those channels are both rather cheap and obviously in the interest of whatever regime has the White House. Running Twitter bots can't compete with the deep reach and influence that was built up there over many decades.
rockemsockem 2y ago
Isn't saving lives and feeding children ROI? I think the parent comment was stating that these things were not measured and therefore the ROI should absolutely be known. You should always measure the impact of the things you do and the money you spend, you should never just say "we're trying to do this and so the money should always flow". If you and trying to feed children you should be able to estimate the number of meals you provide and if that number is too low you should stop getting money. I'm not commenting on USAID cuts in particular here, but your comment struck me as being rather strange.
Izkata 2y ago
> aiding other countries. > USAid Incorrect. It stood for US Agency for International Development. There was some aid in there, but they also did things like international propaganda.
stackedinserter 2y ago
Oh interesting, look it's our empathy beacon right here. Have you ever tried to figure out where did these money go? People like you keep parroting "feeding children", but when I read actual list of orgs funded by USAID, it's all nice words and stock pictures with very little actual data. Yes, I look for metrics like for that N million dollars M thousand kids were fed. Without that it looks like corrupt sink hole, that it actually is. Learn empathy, send me $100 monthly, I promise to spend them for good.

Smeevy 2y ago

Empathy seems to be in rare supply these days. I've made the mistake of talking to these people about the human collateral of these decisions and it's waved off like I'm bringing up an unpleasant experience in a checkout line.

seivan 2y ago
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EasyMark 2y ago
Musk has said empathy is why democratic western countries are failing.
cess11 2y ago
It's surprising to me that not more of them object to Radio Liberty and its siblings getting ratfucked, since those channels are both rather cheap and obviously in the interest of whatever regime has the White House. Running Twitter bots can't compete with the deep reach and influence that was built up there over many decades.

rockemsockem 2y ago

Isn't saving lives and feeding children ROI? I think the parent comment was stating that these things were not measured and therefore the ROI should absolutely be known. You should always measure the impact of the things you do and the money you spend, you should never just say "we're trying to do this and so the money should always flow". If you and trying to feed children you should be able to estimate the number of meals you provide and if that number is too low you should stop getting money. I'm not commenting on USAID cuts in particular here, but your comment struck me as being rather strange.

Izkata 2y ago

> aiding other countries. > USAid Incorrect. It stood for US Agency for International Development. There was some aid in there, but they also did things like international propaganda.

stackedinserter 2y ago

Oh interesting, look it's our empathy beacon right here. Have you ever tried to figure out where did these money go? People like you keep parroting "feeding children", but when I read actual list of orgs funded by USAID, it's all nice words and stock pictures with very little actual data. Yes, I look for metrics like for that N million dollars M thousand kids were fed. Without that it looks like corrupt sink hole, that it actually is. Learn empathy, send me $100 monthly, I promise to spend them for good.