Washed up Kiss Guitarist Decries Musk Twitter Takeover, Believes Money Would be Better Spent on World Hunger and Curing Cancer

Paul Stanley of Kiss seems to think Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter isn’t where Musk should be putting his money. Stanley shared, “I May Be Missing Something (please tell me). Rather than funding a personal acquisition, Wouldn’t our world be better advanced by using far less than 44 BILLION DOLLARS to eradicate world hunger?, cure cancer? The list is long & the possibilities endless.”

I May Be Missing Something (please tell me). Rather than funding a personal acquisition, Wouldn’t our world be better advanced by using far less than 44 BILLION DOLLARS to eradicate world hunger?, cure cancer? The list is long & the possibilities endless. https://t.co/gy3OiQdZNI

— Paul Stanley (@PaulStanleyLive) April 26, 2022

Stanley has said “charity is not an obligation” in the past and seems to think he knows how to better spend Musk’s money than Musk himself. He is not alone as many around the world see a wealthy individual and decide they know what that person should do with their money.

In October of last year, the director of the UN food scarcity organization claimed 2% ($6B) of Musk’s wealth could solve world hunger.

Dr. Eli David, a member of the Forbes Technology Council pointed out that in 2020 the UN World Food Program raised $8.4B and that didn’t “solve world hunger”.

“2% of @elonmusk‘s wealth is $6B, In 2020 the UN World Food Program (WFP) raised $8.4B. How come it didn’t “solve world hunger”?”

Fact check:

🔹 2% of @elonmusk‘s wealth is $6B
🔹 In 2020 the UN World Food Program (WFP) raised $8.4B. How come it didn’t “solve world hunger”?

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— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) October 30, 2021

Musk replied to Dr. Eli David seemingly explaining why he hasn’t given money to WFP to solve world hunger, “If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it. But it must be open source accounting, so the public sees precisely how the money is spent.”

But it must be open source accounting, so the public sees precisely how the money is spent.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2021

WFP failed to respond to Musk, highlighting they were only using talking points to placate to those who feel they would do more good spending other people’s money. They were possibly trying to pressure Musk into making a donation.

Stanley believes in supporting the military, saying in 2017, “Freedom is a word we take for granted far too often. It’s not politics that keeps us safe it’s the military.” Stanley shared this sentiment after playing a concert to provide a mortgage-free home to a wounded veteran.

Maybe Stanley is unaware that Musk doesn’t just throw money at things he doesn’t see value in, even when it comes to his philanthropy. Many charities take money to pay their people, and not much else gets done with it so it seems. With the amount of money, the WFP has raised over the years one would think they would have made better progress in combating world hunger.

Stanley’s statement seems to be just a talking point that many others use who view themselves in a higher light than others. His heart may have been in the right place, but the logic behind the statement isn’t there and it comes off as very disingenuous.