Since my position is that "foreign aid" be abolished in toto, and preferably made illegal for the state do participate in barring immediate emergencies in our neighbouring nations, I can't add much more than this:
1) Ticks have evolved to be difficult to remove
2) The recipient nations have had 70+ years to improve themselves, and have nothing to show for the aid received
Those two points ought to suffice to end the debate.
Well, since the term 'foreign' in 'foreign aid' is a deception to mask its purpose--which is to permit camp followers to get something for nothing but their support/vote--the whole point of 'foreign aid' is something else:
Domestically, it permits the human equivalent of leeches (grifters, if that other word arouses your sensitivities) to virtue-signal their way out of answering the question, 'what's your purpose in life'.
In terms of empire, 'foreign aid' simply pays the equivalent of a 'fifth column' that will do the bidding of the ruler.
Hence, the notion has two distinct, if inter-related, functions.
Since my position is that "foreign aid" be abolished in toto, and preferably made illegal for the state do participate in barring immediate emergencies in our neighbouring nations, I can't add much more than this:
1) Ticks have evolved to be difficult to remove
2) The recipient nations have had 70+ years to improve themselves, and have nothing to show for the aid received
Those two points ought to suffice to end the debate.
Well, since the term 'foreign' in 'foreign aid' is a deception to mask its purpose--which is to permit camp followers to get something for nothing but their support/vote--the whole point of 'foreign aid' is something else:
Domestically, it permits the human equivalent of leeches (grifters, if that other word arouses your sensitivities) to virtue-signal their way out of answering the question, 'what's your purpose in life'.
In terms of empire, 'foreign aid' simply pays the equivalent of a 'fifth column' that will do the bidding of the ruler.
Hence, the notion has two distinct, if inter-related, functions.
That said, I fully endorse your point of view.
I forgot point 3:
Foreign aid serves as a legal way to bribe officials and leaders into accepting/rejecting one deal with a corporation over another
Which I'd say firther strengthens the point about it needing to be abolished.
Hear, hear!