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musk believes everything and anything. He's really stupid.
Benz was an alt-right influencer operating under the pseudonym Frame Game, where he often railed against social media moderation and extolled the value of White identity politics. Benz parlayed his outspoken critiques of social media moderation into the Foundation for Freedom Online, a group that serves largely to promote Benz’s views of what he calls the censorship industrial complex.
Even if some parts of USAID work with the CIA, good. Who gives a shit? It advances US interests across the globe and is meant to keep us safe. Why's Benz being a little bitch traitor and even spewing this kind of garbage on Rogaine's podcast? These right wing trumpers and MAGA want Russia and China to dominate it appears.
USAID does a lot of good and delivers food, medicine and treats diseases like Ebola at the source so the shit doesn't come to the US.
The article goes into how musk is also full of shit.
You know what, some of what USAID’s mission probably is driven by the CIA. If you actually understand what the CIA does it only makes sense. Their mission to collect information and promote American interests outside the U.S. USAID helps foreign countries but it also stabilizes and creates markets for trade.
When USAID stopped supporting African countries, it just opened the door for China to step in and create those markets.
Yup. And in less than 30 days, we have managed to smash through 60+ years of USAID and 100 years of dominance on the world stage. For one weak man’s ego and a shit ton of kompromat.
Huh? You realize that being a front for the CIA diminishes the trust in USAID but also makes what he is saying is true?
Also, when they aren't doing "good work" you are talking about them acting as cover for assassinations and other types of shady shit. No big deal, getting black bagged and disappeared lol
Even if it was a front for the CIA, the CIA is American what do we want them to be able to do their job? Do it better than any other country? Don’t really want to see cia to be able to work. I don’t think it is I think it’s just a way for America the soft pedal American values around the world, but shouldn’t we want that?
LOL imagine it WAS a front for the CIA and they just fucked one of Americas biggest intelligence agencies. Bunch of nervous Americans living secret lives absolutely shitting themselves this week, getting declined when trying to buy groceries in Belarus.
Yeaaaaa so Ellie and Don, you two totally screwed the pooch on this one. We were going to tell you all about it on day two, but you were such busy little beavers day one you slept thru the meeting day two we didn’t see ya till you already fucked things up.
• Elon Musk began criticizing the U.S. Agency for International Development late last year.
• Musk's focus appears to have begun after conservative activist Mike Benz appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast to rail against it. Musk has retweeted, replied to or mentioned Benz over 160 times in the past year, including over a dozen posts discussing USAID.
• Some Republicans have criticized USAID for decades as part of a broader critique of foreign aid spending. The agency drew bipartisan scrutiny for money sent by subcontractors to the Wuhan Virology Lab, which was the subject of a critical Government Accountability Office report.
• The Trump administration put many of the agency's staff members on leave and notified all overseas employees that they would be recalled within a month of the end of the year, according to the DOGE Service's Twitter feed, which is run by the billionaire tech mogul's U.s. DOGe Service, a subsidiary of his electric-car company, Tesla and Boring Co.
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USAID exists to exert soft power and influence around the world. That said, it does make a good cover for agents operating overseas. But that’s no different than other countries sending spies to foreign countries under other guises. Like they’re spies. They don’t show up announced. This all seems so normal for international espionage.
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musk believes everything and anything. He's really stupid.
Benz was an alt-right influencer operating under the pseudonym Frame Game, where he often railed against social media moderation and extolled the value of White identity politics. Benz parlayed his outspoken critiques of social media moderation into the Foundation for Freedom Online, a group that serves largely to promote Benz’s views of what he calls the censorship industrial complex.
Even if some parts of USAID work with the CIA, good. Who gives a shit? It advances US interests across the globe and is meant to keep us safe. Why's Benz being a little bitch traitor and even spewing this kind of garbage on Rogaine's podcast? These right wing trumpers and MAGA want Russia and China to dominate it appears.
USAID does a lot of good and delivers food, medicine and treats diseases like Ebola at the source so the shit doesn't come to the US.
The article goes into how musk is also full of shit.
Musk IS stupid…but he’s a bloodhound for money and power. He’s the capitalist sickness incarnate.
There are quite a lot of examples where CIA activity abroad had nothing to do with keeping you safe.
You could say all international aid is a front for cia or military. Because supporting countries is cheaper than fighting them.
Couldn't it also be that Putin told him the same thing?
You know what, some of what USAID’s mission probably is driven by the CIA. If you actually understand what the CIA does it only makes sense. Their mission to collect information and promote American interests outside the U.S. USAID helps foreign countries but it also stabilizes and creates markets for trade.
When USAID stopped supporting African countries, it just opened the door for China to step in and create those markets.
Yup. And in less than 30 days, we have managed to smash through 60+ years of USAID and 100 years of dominance on the world stage. For one weak man’s ego and a shit ton of kompromat.
"No! Da chineez stole Africa from us!"
USAID was investigating Musk’s Starlink. Just like FAA (the first agency to get gutted).
Ding ding ding
FIVE IG’s of the 17(?) that were fired had MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS into Felonia’s companies
Yeah, i came to say that. This was a pretty clear reason
https://www.newsweek.com/usaid-elon-musk-starlink-probe-ukraine-2027054
I’m sure the CIA has used USAID as a front. Big deal. They mostly do good work.
Huh? You realize that being a front for the CIA diminishes the trust in USAID but also makes what he is saying is true?
Also, when they aren't doing "good work" you are talking about them acting as cover for assassinations and other types of shady shit. No big deal, getting black bagged and disappeared lol
Well then stop the CIA fronts, instead of giving up US soft power.
Just root out all CIA influence, no big deal.
Even if it was a front for the CIA, the CIA is American what do we want them to be able to do their job? Do it better than any other country? Don’t really want to see cia to be able to work. I don’t think it is I think it’s just a way for America the soft pedal American values around the world, but shouldn’t we want that?
These scumbags are traitors and snitches against their own country.
LOL imagine it WAS a front for the CIA and they just fucked one of Americas biggest intelligence agencies. Bunch of nervous Americans living secret lives absolutely shitting themselves this week, getting declined when trying to buy groceries in Belarus.
Yeaaaaa so Ellie and Don, you two totally screwed the pooch on this one. We were going to tell you all about it on day two, but you were such busy little beavers day one you slept thru the meeting day two we didn’t see ya till you already fucked things up.
These fucks are all traitors and snitches against their own country.
THANK YOU. I listened to the same podcast recently. And I came away with a lot of thoughts...
but also understood that the government has to literally uphold a critical role that Elon seemingly isn't taking into account...
We're all just fucking making this up every morning as we go...
The society contract only works when I go to work and then I get to access goods and services because I worked.
If that breaks down then I do not go to work any more.
I then work on removing the thing that is stopping me from accessing the goods and services.
This is why the French had a preclivity to sharp objects
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https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/06/musk-doge-usaid/
That's how Trump and him both get their news and their ideas from podcast and Fox News
TL;DR:
• Elon Musk began criticizing the U.S. Agency for International Development late last year.
• Musk's focus appears to have begun after conservative activist Mike Benz appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast to rail against it. Musk has retweeted, replied to or mentioned Benz over 160 times in the past year, including over a dozen posts discussing USAID.
• Some Republicans have criticized USAID for decades as part of a broader critique of foreign aid spending. The agency drew bipartisan scrutiny for money sent by subcontractors to the Wuhan Virology Lab, which was the subject of a critical Government Accountability Office report.
• The Trump administration put many of the agency's staff members on leave and notified all overseas employees that they would be recalled within a month of the end of the year, according to the DOGE Service's Twitter feed, which is run by the billionaire tech mogul's U.s. DOGe Service, a subsidiary of his electric-car company, Tesla and Boring Co.
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Like pizzagate but with the feds?
so elon musk is the "idiot heir to a fortune".. not that kid 'big-balls' whose father was maligned?
Does this make Joe Rogan the de facto president now
USAID exists to exert soft power and influence around the world. That said, it does make a good cover for agents operating overseas. But that’s no different than other countries sending spies to foreign countries under other guises. Like they’re spies. They don’t show up announced. This all seems so normal for international espionage.
This is like brexit but with bigger doucheturds involved
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