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asim ◴[] No.45788244[source]
Tens of billions spent on AI data centers. But people still starve across the planet. Amazing.
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krona ◴[] No.45788428[source]
Capital misallocation do be like that, but I don't think that capital would be feeding children in the Congo if it wasn't for Facebook's latest folly.
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loeg ◴[] No.45788474[source]
The issue is mostly the corrupt elites that control these impoverished counties, not foreign aid or lack thereof.
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1. _menelaus ◴[] No.45799265[source]
Are we feeding any impoverished Congo families? The problem isn't just 'the elites', its us.
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2. loeg ◴[] No.45801486[source]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_Inter...

$940 million to the Congo.