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Musk’s Business Model: Let the Poor Suffer [1]
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Date: 2025-02-27
Elon Musk doesn’t just want to privatize space travel and social media—he wants to privatize humanitarian aid too. As U.S. funding for disaster relief and health programs dries up under Trump’s aid freeze, Musk and his billionaire allies are circling like vultures, looking to turn human misery into profit.
Take Starlink, Musk’s satellite internet service. It was meant to be a lifeline for war-torn Ukraine, providing crucial communication infrastructure after Russian attacks. But when Musk decided he didn’t like Ukraine’s military strategy, he cut off their access mid-war—unless they paid him.
Musk’s Business Model: Let the Poor Suffer
The numbers are staggering. USAID once provided food to over 40 million people in crisis zones. Now, Musk’s network of for-profit aid companies wants to replace it—with a model that prioritizes corporate contracts over starving children. His “disaster relief” companies charge governments and NGOs premium rates for resources that USAID once delivered for free. The result? Refugees in Sudan are denied satellite internet unless their host governments pay outrageous fees, Starlink terminals in Gaza went dark overnight, and reportedly after Musk caved to political pressure, emergency medical supplies meant for cholera-stricken regions in Haiti sit locked in warehouses—while Musk’s logistics firms rake in record profits.
Humanitarian Aid Shouldn’t Be a Luxury
Humanitarian aid isn’t a business opportunity—it’s a moral responsibility. But Musk, with his army of libertarian yes-men, believes that only those who can pay deserve to survive. His dream? A world where billionaires run every essential service—disaster relief, medicine, even oxygen—and the poor are left to fend for themselves.
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Musk isn’t a hero. He’s a disaster capitalist—exploiting crisis for his own gain. If we don’t fight back, millions will suffer. Let’s take a stand.
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