This comment was on an /r/news thread about how bad vaccine disparity between rich and poor countries is.
The thread itself was only at +23 when I found it and this was at +6 when I first saw it.
The idea that we have any kind of moral high ground when apparently more people agree with this asshole than disagree is wild.
Even if you reject morality and focus on being ruthless, the best thing to attempt is to fight Covid everywhere. Making sure the global south gets vaccinated means there's fewer reservoirs for new strains to pop out from and attack supply chains and markets.
China: "We are ruthlessly fighting COVID everywhere."
America: "The Chinese are so ruthless! We're just going to let this thing play itself out the free-market way."
America, two years later: "QUIT ASKING FOR HANDOUTS OR WE WILL KILL YOU TO DEATH!"