It's not dangerous to defund USAID, just disasterously stupidArchived Message
Posted by IlliniRunner on February 7, 2025, 18:03:25, in reply to "Good one"
part of the US's international power (which yes matters) is doing aid throughout the world. These MAGA chuds don't think we need the rest of the world and can just say "fuck you" to everyone else. It's an outgrowth of their "fuck you, I've got mine" mindset to domestic matters.
USAID and other soft power programs are incredibly financially beneficial to the US. But these assholes can't comprehend that. Because doing things for others and having friendships and partners is entirely foreign to them both in the personal lives, and in world affairs.
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As an example, obviously renaming the Gulf of Mexico is stupid and not worth bothering over, but all of the stuff with AID feels really dangerous to me. Others have said that it will take care of itself.