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I agree. To me it also has echos of colonialism, as there's an overtone of "We just can't get the residents in Lesotho to stop contracting HIV so we, the (Europ
by sageabilly 11y ago
I agree. To me it also has echos of colonialism, as there's an overtone of "We just can't get the residents in Lesotho to stop contracting HIV so we, the (European) rich non-natives, are going to bribe the poor natives into taking care of themselves. Aren't we just so benevolent!" It reminds me of the picture of the Turkish officials with bread in the Armenian genocide.[1]
[1]http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/turkish-official-teasing-starved-armenian-children-showing-bread-armenian-genocide-1915/ http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/turkish-official-teasing-sta...