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Corrected version should read: "14M people could die in 5 years due to USA-ID cuts, AND LACK OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS' CARING, study finds". USA-ID was not prevent
by FilosofumRex 1y ago
Corrected version should read:
"14M people could die in 5 years due to USA-ID cuts, AND LACK OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS' CARING, study finds".
USA-ID was not preventing deaths so much as it was funding the Western Elites' preferences over local priorities.
- more_corn 1y agoWhat the fuck is this even supposed to mean?
- misterhill 1y agoMy best guess is that it means if red state Americans start dieing of malaria they will go to hell since even a tiny amount of dispensation bought by humanists was not selfish enough for them.
- Hojojo 1y agoIt means helping people is imperialism and imperialism is bad, so actually it's a good thing these people are starving. At least now they can finally pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. Or something, I don't know. I don't understand these people.
- FilosofumRex 1y agoWhy don't you look it up... why'd there be so much opposition to USA-ID in Africa, India, Brazil and South East Asian countries if it was preventing 14M deaths. I believe the technical jargon for it is "soft power" - bribing locals to do what you can't force them to do, militarily.
- triceratops 1y agoIs there "so much opposition" actually? No one is ever forced to take money.
- FilosofumRex 1y agodepends on what you define as "force". Force doesn't necessarily come from the barrel of a gun - Sean Diddy was just tried for forcing women into sex trafficking under American law. Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, El Salvador, and just about the entire Africa & South America have complained about political strings attached to USA-ID. yet, they'll gladly accept Chinese aid because it often only comes with economic conditions.
- triceratops 1y agoI define force as force. I don't know anything about "Sean Diddy". I don't see how this person is germane to what we're talking about. "complain" is not the only option when one objects to "political strings" attached to a donation. There's another option, known as "decline". Revealed preference tells whether the "political strings" are actually maybe ok or just some haters doing what they do. Hell, I don't even know what specific "political strings" you're talking about or how they differ from China's "economic" conditions. I'm just taking it on faith they exist, but you might be lying for all I know.
- macrolocal 1y agoUpvoted. USAID has been misused plenty: political meddling in Bangladesh, Cuba's ZunZuneo op, boomerang aid in Haiti, Afghan contractor enrichment, etc. I could go on. But understand: the soft power isn't going away, just the doctors, food shipments, and vaccines.
- mindslight 1y agoIt's a half-baked narrative meant to make you tune out caring how abruptly stopping aid hurt actual human beings, and to support the denial that these actions aimed destroying America's stature in the world have anything to do with fiscal responsibility or taking care of our own. Trillions of dollars in new inflation have since shown the latter to be an abject lie, but the fascist movement relies on constant isolated "questioning" to feel superior and justified while never actually following through with a full analysis.