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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
And there it is. I knew it was coming.
Why is Warren Buffet and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation lauded for their work in third world development and helping the poor of developed countries, but governments are slammed for "lining the pockets of warlords" when they do the exact same thing? Nobody got that that was where I was going in the Buffet thread....
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Warren Buffet and Bill Gates aren't lauded by me. If we really want to make a difference in improverished nations, what we need to do is forgive their debt and then leave them alone. Don't send foreign aid, don't send missonaries. Just leave them alone. They need to go through their own process of industrialization, just like every developed nation in world has. This concept of leap frogging is very much the problem. All it does is create unsustainable development and a sense of entitlement that is not warranted. I suppose this sounds cold, but give a man a fish everyday and you make him weak and dependant upon you.