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>I find it odd to completely disavow someone because you don’t agree 100% with their politics. "politics": https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-le

by rl3 9mo ago

>I find it odd to completely disavow someone because you don’t agree 100% with their politics. "politics": https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hundreds-of-thousands-of-deaths/ https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hund... https://www.cgdev.org/blog/update-lives-lost-usaid-cuts https://www.cgdev.org/blog/update-lives-lost-usaid-cuts https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

refurb 9mo ago
Those links are all political views. Beyond the veracity of those numbers, it is a political decision whether or not the US should be spending $150B on foreigners or Americans.
- risingsubmarine 9mo ago
  The manner in which that decision is executed is very much a reflection of moral character.
  - refurb 9mo ago
    Whose morals? Yours? And from what I remember, we weren't supposed to force others to follow our morals.
    - rl3 9mo ago
      Unfortunately, fully understanding GP's comment requires one having a soul. This is also known as basic empathy in some circles.
- rl3 9mo ago
  >Those links are all political views. Yes, Harvard and The Lancet are just wildly political. >Beyond the veracity of those numbers ... In addition to being incompetent slouches. Unfortunately, we can multiply any given figure by 0.01 and still get something that amounts to mass murder. >... it is a political decision whether or not the US should be spending $150B on foreigners or Americans. A proper political decision wouldn't have involved an abrupt rug pull on a bipartisan program that's been operating for the better part of a century. There's this thing called continuity that's usually taken very seriously. Especially when hundreds of thousands if not millions of lives are hanging in the balance.

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>I find it odd to completely disavow someone because you don’t agree 100% with their politics. "politics": https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-le

by rl3 9mo ago

refurb 9mo ago
Those links are all political views. Beyond the veracity of those numbers, it is a political decision whether or not the US should be spending $150B on foreigners or Americans.
- risingsubmarine 9mo ago
  The manner in which that decision is executed is very much a reflection of moral character.
  - refurb 9mo ago
    Whose morals? Yours? And from what I remember, we weren't supposed to force others to follow our morals.
    - rl3 9mo ago
      Unfortunately, fully understanding GP's comment requires one having a soul. This is also known as basic empathy in some circles.
- rl3 9mo ago
  >Those links are all political views. Yes, Harvard and The Lancet are just wildly political. >Beyond the veracity of those numbers ... In addition to being incompetent slouches. Unfortunately, we can multiply any given figure by 0.01 and still get something that amounts to mass murder. >... it is a political decision whether or not the US should be spending $150B on foreigners or Americans. A proper political decision wouldn't have involved an abrupt rug pull on a bipartisan program that's been operating for the better part of a century. There's this thing called continuity that's usually taken very seriously. Especially when hundreds of thousands if not millions of lives are hanging in the balance.