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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElon Musk says he will sell Tesla shares to help world hunger - if the UN can prove ...
Elon Musk says he will sell Tesla shares to help world hunger if the UN can prove where the money is going (CBS)Last week, the director of the United Nation's World Food Programme said if the world's top billionaires just donated a fraction of their worth, millions of people who are at risk of starving to death can be saved. Elon Musk, the second wealthiest person in the world, said he'd give up some of his wealth only if he knows exactly where the money is going.
David Beasley, director of the World Food Programme, said on CNN last week that a "one-time" donation from the top 400 billionaires, whose net worths are ever growing, in the U.S. could help save the lives of 42 million people this year.
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Honest offer or cheap publicity stunt?
It's not as if a man of his means needs to go through the UN if the aim is to feed people.
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Elon Musk says he will sell Tesla shares to help world hunger - if the UN can prove ... (Original Post)
Passenger
Nov 2021
OP
"Honest offer or publicity stunt?" Neither: Dick move. You can always count on Elon for that. n/t
TygrBright
Nov 2021
#3
Oh, so he's just like that douche in "Succession" who dangled a million
Carlitos Brigante
Nov 2021
#7
Kid Berwyn
(13,551 posts)1. Forbes says he's "worth" $292.6 billion.
While he can afford whatever it is he wants, he cant buy what he most needs.
onethatcares
(15,974 posts)6. nail, meet hammer
right on the head, I would say.
Stinky The Clown
(67,038 posts)2. Hey Elon, you want your money to do serious good?
Give it to this guy. He gets shit done.
TygrBright
(20,559 posts)3. "Honest offer or publicity stunt?" Neither: Dick move. You can always count on Elon for that. n/t
Beastly Boy
(8,008 posts)4. How can anyone mistake it for an honest offer?
Musk doesn't even pretend to pay attention to what he is responding to.
As a condition for his stellar generosity, he wants the UN to prove that $6 billion can end world hunger. WTF is he talking about? Didn't he just read that the $6 billion estimate refers to saving 48 million lives who are in immediate peril right now, not to ending world hunger?
A cheap bait and switch trick on Musk's part.
Xoan
(25,269 posts)5. Just cheap.
Carlitos Brigante
(26,366 posts)7. Oh, so he's just like that douche in "Succession" who dangled a million
dollar offer in front of a working class kid. Which he most likely never intended to keep.