r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 23h ago

Biotechnology Burkina Faso says no to Bill Gates’ plan of creating modified species of mosquitoes

https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/burkina-faso-says-no-to-bill-gates-plan-of-creating-modified-species-of-mosquitoes/xyk7xm8
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u/AnEmptyBoat27 21h ago

Western oligarchs using their unmatched wealth to influence other governments for the benefit of capitalists has nothing to do with western capitalism

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u/Moifaso 16h ago

Enlighten me on how Bill Gates influenced Burkina Faso through this aid program

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u/sorry-not-tory 20h ago

… are pretending that eastern oligarchs are any different?

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u/AnEmptyBoat27 20h ago

No. If I say cancer is bad, it doesn’t mean I’m saying aids is fine

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u/Dapperrevolutionary 20h ago

Like eastern oligarchs are any different

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u/Logical-Breakfast966 15h ago

Bill Gates has saved millions of lives through his foundation. This program would have saved millions more if successful. Just because you hate billionaires doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be fighting malaria

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u/Logical-Breakfast966 15h ago

That’s literally what he was doing

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u/rewind2482 14h ago

what do you think Bill Gates stands to gain from influencing Burkina Faso

This is insanity

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u/AnEmptyBoat27 12h ago

The same thing USAID or the belt and road project were/are doing. Gaining soft power. Burkina Faso has ample natural resources and global supply chains are likely to see disruption in the near future. Having supplemental connections to natural resources could be hugely influential particularly with an unstable regime. Political in roads could help install a more favorable government in Gates’ interest.

I would be equally skeptical of Jack Ma spending billions on “charity” near uranium deposits.

I don’t believe it’s insane to think that the richest people on earth may make decisions based on their financial interests rather than the good of people in the third world.

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u/rewind2482 11h ago

What is Gates’ interest, exactly?

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u/AnEmptyBoat27 9h ago

Money and power

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u/Quasar375 6h ago

Oh, so the millionaire wants more influence and he is willing to do it by giving vaccines and investing in the local population. But it is better to just die from malaria I guess. With Malaria you just die, while accepting help from Gates makes you feel bad for participating in capitalism, right?