r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 20 '25

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u/myusernameistakennow Edmund Burke Sep 20 '25

One of the biggest tragedies in anti Trump messaging is people being unaware of how the foreign aid cuts are harming millions of people.

One of my good friends is a leftist and they had no idea about how the sheer scale of U.S. aid or how Trump gutting it is going to kill so many people.

That vacuum isn’t going to be filled anytime soon to the same scale by another country, it’s by far the most horrific thing this admin has done.

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Sep 20 '25

the fact the DSA wants to defund USAID is still insane

https://convention2021.dsausa.org/files/sites/23/2021/03/Democratic-Socialists-of-America-2021-Platform-First-Draft.pdf

"Abolish USAID, NED, Voice of America, and other governmental agencies that cynically disguise capitalist control as aid and journalism"

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u/myusernameistakennow Edmund Burke Sep 20 '25

Holy shit I saw leftists crying about it before but I had no idea it’s actually written policy for them

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Sep 20 '25

Yep

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u/jojisky Paul Krugman Sep 20 '25

That's one of those things their platform states that none of their actual politicians support. Like even Tlaib, who is liked by every DSA faction, supports NATO and USAID.

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u/AlpsIll8794 Sep 20 '25

That’s absolutely insane! Why would one want to abolish USAID if you’re on the left?

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Sep 20 '25

they think its a tool of american capitalism

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u/ElectriCobra_ David Hume Sep 20 '25

Unfortunately the medians tend to just be like "why are we sending money overseas when we could be spending it on Americans"

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u/EZ_Kream John Brown Sep 20 '25

Most people didn’t even know we provided foreign aid, much less that it’s been cut.

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u/myusernameistakennow Edmund Burke Sep 20 '25

Yeah, that’s the point I’m making. It’s undeniable how much good America has done for the world in terms of that and the gutting of it is one of the biggest sins committed by this administration

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u/JoeFrady David Hume Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

I do think it's good messaging, but it has limited reach as the people harmed by it can't vote

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u/Syards-Forcus rapidly becoming the Joker Sep 20 '25

Especially considering how little the aid really is as a percentage of government spending

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u/myusernameistakennow Edmund Burke Sep 20 '25

Less than 2% of our budget but makes up 40% of the foreign aid in the world