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Originally Posted by Alex
You need to realize that people and governments (especially quasi-governments like the UN) always act in their own best interests. Altruism is a fallacy. It does not exist. Welcome to the real world.
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I never said it did. I have argued that these specific policies have continuously failed, yet they are pursued out of self interest still.
It would be something else altogether if these policies had a record of success and were being pursued. That would be fine with me, for the most part. The problem is that these policies tend to push poor people even deeper into poverty, while the west continues to benefit from access to their resources, adn its sold to us as aid. This should be challenged.
Andrew