My lib bubble, you crack me up.
What did I say that leads you to live in a 'lib bubble' and what exactly is a lib bubble, I got to admit I just love when you go into your crazy little rants that are completely make belief.
And no I am not saying we cut off all aid to africa, they are fucked atm and cannot do much to fix their needs atm.
But there is plenty of places that can produce food, yes they will have to deal with robbers, warlords and every other horrible thing that goes on in their shitty economically backwards country, but they will have to get past that eventually.
Economics speaks for itself. When people are able to farm for themselves and start to actually make a living out of it, and others can start to develop their areas and trade increases it will lead to the people that hold them down no longer being able to dictate their lives. But without having the ability to farm for themselves it is not going to get there anytime soon.
You know how long it would take for them to save so that they can afford an ox to be able to help plow?
The problem is they are starting at zero, and don't have anything to build up their living standards to be able to farm their own food. You cannot just decide to be a farmer and have food on your table a day later. You need a lot of capital to start up. Tossing a seed in the dirt with no knowhow is not going to work (very reason why this website exists). They are essentially being herded to where the food is being dropped and unable to really get any forward progress.[/QUOTE]
International aid, in the form of food and drinking water, far outweighs that of the independent charities. But what do the charities concentrate on? Firstly immunisation, Secondly drinking water, thirdly independent food production. Charities like Water aid concentrate on building wells and irrigation, International aid needs to be directed better. Sending lorries of flour across wartorn countries only to be intercepted by armed guerillas is ridiculous. Why is it done? So the countries that give the aid can then say, 'well, we tried to help did'nt we?' The politicians love to be able to say 'we gave X £XXXXX amount of aid last year' What they should have to say is 'we gave X amount aid last year out of which 10% helped, the rest fed the dictators guerillas'. Son Han I'm afraid you need to think your argument through a little more on this one..