Do you think much gets achieved at such a high level outside of corruption? I’d suggest true improvements dominantly manifest from a much smaller scale. International aid seems to come with a very high price and little positive outcome
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqnkn4k86w8advjau7hmxj0j5qx2exxgufu8cqaru7khkdgreym3kse9qmne nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq3tkusutqsx0yjr9szc4vhkxf5fkhne3aka84kxm9jwgp9yj20uzs09wu27 This kind of idealistic stance that feigns total detachment from materialist issues concerning mere survival are obnoxious. You don't care about respecting human life. You just want to make a point and that's terrible. Go back to your desert island because living in society requires mutual aid.
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nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqnkn4k86w8advjau7hmxj0j5qx2exxgufu8cqaru7khkdgreym3kse9qmne nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq3tkusutqsx0yjr9szc4vhkxf5fkhne3aka84kxm9jwgp9yj20uzs09wu27 read the article -> https://archive.fo/BmFyQ
I certainly am not going to disagree on front line assistance requirements to alleviate suffering. It would be pretty inhuman to do so. However there is a lot more nuance to the situation. I don’t come at this topic lightly having spent a lot of time both working and travelling various parts of Africa and spending time talking with people working front line in various places. Am wracking brain trying to remember the names of a couple of extremely well written books on the topic but am failing and search fail too. There are some great Congolese and South African authors who I feel deal with the topic well but it’s been such a long bloody time I can’t for the life of me remember names. The immediate needs are obvious but does aid dependency help long term? I hope that this USAID discussion flare up results in a more educated discussion on the manner that such a beautiful and rich continent gets so abused