nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqnkn4k86w8advjau7hmxj0j5qx2exxgufu8cqaru7khkdgreym3kse9qmne nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq3tkusutqsx0yjr9szc4vhkxf5fkhne3aka84kxm9jwgp9yj20uzs09wu27 :
"The immediate needs are obvious but does aid dependency help long term?"
Probably not and most likely humanitarian aid is also often more a benign element of a larger neo-colonialist policy than anything else. But this doesn't detract from the fact that hundreds of thousands of lives could be at stake in the short and medium term. And you can't just end up with humanitarian aid all of a sudden without attempting to find an alternative, not to mention giving timely prior notice.
You wanna help the needy? Write a check. Don’t have the federal government garnish my wages to spend it however they fucking well please
I give to the charities I think matter.
You can too.
But don’t sit there like there is no extortion waste and theft involved by the USG of the taxpayers
I now stick to just local where I can verify. Far more effective I think. Charity has become a business in many places
