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Not the same
by demarq 2y ago
Not the same
- AlecSchueler 2y agoExplain the error in the metaphor? From my reading it seems valid.
- demarq 2y agoIn the analogy the parents are simply victims of circumstance not criminals. What we are dealing with here is criminal enterprise. Have a look at some of the links I’ve added https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43395036 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43395036
- burkaman 2y agoThanks for doing the work to try to answer your own question, it looks like your links support what most people are telling you. One of the many problems in countries that USAID helped is that their governments tend to be full of corrupt officials, that's why USAID often sent actual personnel or directed money to NGOs independent of the local governments. Obviously there is still risk, that's why they spent a lot of time closely monitoring how their money and aid was used. Unfortunately that can't happen anymore now that everyone has been fired, so we can expect a lot of the money they had already disbursed to be wasted.
- demarq 2y ago> it looks like your links support what most people are telling you. ?
- AlecSchueler 2y agoWhat are you asking here? They expanded on their assertion throughout the following paragraph.