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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
Yup. The corruption in Africa is unbelieveable - the vast majority of that money would go into the warlords coffers and never reach the people that actually need it... or be lost in the ridiculous administration costs of Red Cross.
Maybe if Africa was floating on a huge bed of oil there would be incentive to go over there and "help".
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The tragedy is that this corruption is aided and abeted by the West for our own profit.
"But Western govenments, international financial institutions, and transnational corporations do far more harm than merely bolstering and arming tyrannical regimes."
"More money flows out of Africa each year in the form of debt sevice payments, than goes into Africa in the form of aid."
The days of the 'whiteman's burden' as we think of it are over, my friends. It's time we stop actively interfering with Africa to satisfy our own greed. Aid is great but giving Africa a fair shake so they can build their own future is a better answer.
Here's the article, "The Conspiracy Against Africa", by Gerald Caplan.
It's long but a good read by someone with real experience and research. Don't hold me responsible for any increase in your blood pressure.
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articl...gainst-africa/