RT Luca Dellanna: If Musk stops malaria aid, and people die of it, who killed them, in order of responsibility: - Mosquitoes (obviously!) - Their gov,...
A post ranking responsibility for potential malaria deaths if Elon Musk stops aid: mosquitoes, then local governments and families, and lastly people elsewhere. The author expresses disbelief that this clarification is necessary.
Background
- Naval Ravikant (tech investor, AngelList co-founder) reposts Luca Dellanna (author on risk & systems). Context: Elon Musk, leading the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) under Trump, proposed cutting U.S. malaria aid funding.
- The post uses a "hierarchy of responsibility" thought experiment to argue that if malaria deaths increase, blame lies more with local governments and families than with a foreign funder withdrawing. "NHS" here means any national health service generically.
- The argument reflects a larger debate: when a powerful actor ends life-saving aid, who bears moral responsibility for the resulting deaths? The post pushes back against the instinct to blame Musk or the U.S. directly.