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[–] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 17 points 10 months ago (6 children)

The money spent on this would not have been spent on giving clean water to people thousands of miles away

[–] dandi8@fedia.io 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does this really make it any less worthy of criticism, though...?

[–] hoch@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago

We would rather have the children starve to death than being called a communist.

[–] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 0 points 10 months ago

It was privately funded, this money would not have gone to school lunches

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

Is that where guillotines come in?

[–] nikita@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Maybe it would’ve if governments taxed them properly and spent that money to save the planet

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Doesn’t flint still not have clean water?

[–] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Those are two different states, plus flint does have clean water now (although the effects of contamination and lead exposure still remain in people who grew up drinking it)

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So we might a well build some shit.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Hey, it's just $2,300,000,000

Can't even feed a packed homeless shelter for that much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯