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> For instance the Gates Foundation does a lot of good things but really countries in Africa need to be building capacity in governments accountable to their pe

> For instance the Gates Foundation does a lot of good things but really countries in Africa need to be building capacity in governments accountable to their people if things are really going to get better. NGOs taking over their role doesn't help with that, it just makes the culture of corruption more sustainable. I honnestly think the best thing we can do for these countries is restrict immigration. We're taking in their smartest and best. They aren't going to be helping their countries and contributing to it with our current system. > We've boarded troubled people in our home when they had no place to go. I hesitate to associate this with the term 'polyamory' because no sex was involved, yet it is very much an extension of the family beyond the nuclear and traditional extended family. polyliking?

PaulHoule 5y ago
It's a little more than "liking". In the case of one person my son was in a bit of a developmental crisis because he was an only child and my wife and I could not give him the experience of having to deal with an unreasonable person who didn't behave like an adult, which he really needed to moderate his behavior. As we planned, she became like a sister to my son, challenged him, and helped him to improve. So we just didn't give her a place to live, we integrated her into our family, she benefited from our stability, but also added a certain kind of chaos that taught my son to be accepting of the bullshit you get in life. Partially I was motivated by a feeling of responsibility to help people but also believed our family could benefit from a stressful but rewarding experience and it did. The word "love" means many things, and in certainly we loved Emily.