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> how about countries with these risks take action to reduce these risks With what money? There's a reason they're dependent on USAID. > I'm sure there's a pa
by mschuster91 5mo ago
> how about countries with these risks take action to reduce these risks
With what money? There's a reason they're dependent on USAID.
> I'm sure there's a parable about teaching someone to fish rather than feeding them
Unfortunately the priorities of USAID (and European foreign aid as well) aren't exactly aligned with that paradigm. It's the worst expressed in agriculture because we just dumped our excess production on Africa to keep our prices stable, but foreign aid being sustainable is a relatively new and not really widespread requirement.
- rob_c 5mo ago> With what money? There's a reason they're dependent on USAID. How much does BASIC hygiene cost it's like manners. It's education (which is more than well funded at a "throw cash at it problem". > we just dumped our excess production Well in a nutshell, yes we'd dumping quite a lot on Africa, that doesn't mean we should shore up the system with yet another western derived screw-up. At this point I'll go for the good old star trek perspective of impacting a cultures development by suddenly advancing their technological position.
- thunderfork 5mo agoHaving clean water access, etc., is a little bit more than "education", in practice
- rob_c 5mo agoWater + heat + sieve Unless you have industrial pollutants in which case you also have someone to blame... We didn't get this far as a species being that ignorant