The word "aid" contains a concealed premise. The premise: the relationship between wealthy nations and poor ones is fundamentally benevolent.
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The word "aid" contains a concealed premise.
The premise: the relationship between wealthy nations and poor ones is fundamentally benevolent.
The wealthy have more than they need.
They share with those who have less.
This is generosity.
The concealed history:
The United States gives approximately $50 billion in foreign aid annually.
American corporations extract approximately $500 billion annually from developing countries through profit repatriation, transfer pricing, and debt service.
The aid is one-tenth of the extraction.
The aid is photographed.
The extraction is not.
The aid produces grateful recipients and humanitarian awards.
The extraction produces the wealth that funds the aid.
This is the thief tossing coins back to the robbed.
A fraction of the theft, returned with ceremony, and called generosity.
posted by Satish Sharma at
06:59
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