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Originally Posted by Peaches
And a vast majority of the aid sent to Africa is confiscated by corrupt governments. In addition those governments are taking farms away from owners and letting them go to waste. I really don't feel like fattening those wallets. When you fix that, LMK.
It's like the Mexicans - the Mexican government doesn't take care of their poor citizens like the US government does, so where do they go? The US. If Africa was w/in traveling distance of the US, you can bet they'd all be here too.
I'm pretty sure everyone knows that there are children dying of starvation in Africa, but unless you're going to go there and hand feed them, I doubt they'd see a dime of anything BA collects here.
But again, we should all be able to donate where we want to - you included  |
Oh, great, another dimwitted American christian speaks up.
Africa is a fucking continent. It has many different governments, and not all of them take away farms like Zimbabwe does, nor do all of them have rich dictators who brutally confiscate all foreign aid which enters the country.
Yes, there is a lot of corruption in Africa. A lot of that stems from poverty - public officials often don't get paid enough to feed their families, and thus commit fraud to at least make something even resembling a decent living. Hey, poverty often
causes corruption, what a big fucking surprise!
Another big fucking surprise: many charities are aware of the level of corruption in countries they have often operated in for decades. That's why most of them have figured out ways to directly help people. Hell, most of them can easily present you with detailed statistics, photographs, etc. of their achievements. (minor note: the money that ends up with rich dictators is generally foreign aid given through governments, not aid given by charities)
As for the Mexican government (and African governments) not taking care of its (their) citizens like the US government does... that's mainly because these governments do not have the money to do so. With a nominal GDP per capita of, say, $303 dollars a year (Uganda), it becomes pretty damn hard to take care of poor citizens.
Basically, what you are saying is that you are too fucking lazy to find a good charity with proven results, and prefer basing your views of a large part of the world on the basic factoids that occassionally pop up on your tv screen, right between Britney's new boobs and Big Brother.
