• Maeve@kbin.earth
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    11 hours ago

    This legacy of conditional aid is neocolonial at its core: It enforces dependency while maintaining the illusion of benevolence.

    Absolutely.

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    10 hours ago

    It kinda should be a tool of control though? The world isn’t nice.

    Have y’all seen how people in charge wanna act? Why would you just hand them help with no strings attached?

    • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 hours ago

      Soft power is important. One of the usa’s key ways to build soft power was aid that was a lot more generous and a lot less conditional than many other power’s aid.

      One train of thought says that if they take the role of being the so called global police, the aid is the responsibility that comes with that power. And although I don’t fully agree with the logic, it’s pretty solid