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Except it almost never works out that way. Foreign aid goes to the foreign government, which uses it to stay in power (e.g., giving food only to loyal supporter
by octopoc 6y ago
Except it almost never works out that way. Foreign aid goes to the foreign government, which uses it to stay in power (e.g., giving food only to loyal supporters). Since the problems of developing countries are usually related to tyrannical governments, foreign aid is a way of ensuring that the people cannot topple their tyrannical governments.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoI guess I could have been clearer if I wrote "A wealth transfer from developed countries directly into accounts of people in developing countries, that their governments somehow can't take away". And I don't mean people specifically in developing countries, the gist of my comment is that there are people who live above average quality of life, and people below, and much of the tension in the world is that you can't just bring people up the quality of life ladder in a short enough timeframe without also bringing others down the ladder. An intractable problem, if you will.