Here’s Why Foreign Aid Is a Scam | Doha Debates

Is foreign aid actually a giant scam? Each year, the global north takes a net total US$3 trillion from the global south. How is this happening? Anthropologist Dr. Jason Hickel explains. “Poor countries don’t need charity, they need justice.”
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[gomotsomphatswe]

westerners crying in the comments as if they are the global elites, pure indocrination.

[situationsixtynine]

There's no such thing as foreign aid from the colonizers, BRIBES is better word

[pinkcat]

"A Global Apartheid"
"Colonialism never ended. It just changed form"
"Poor countries don't need charity, they need justice"
Jason Hickle just keeps throwing more and more hot dialogues

[omondi_wa_butere]

I'm in Kenya and I can see that individuals who receive aid in the form of maize flour for example are given a mindset that they need aid and saving and that aid is a part of the human need. This individual might even be a very productive sugar or tea farmer (export products) but believe that in some way or another, a person from the North is supposed to intervene in their life otherwise there is no life.

This mindset was forced upon us by the British with a gun in one hand, so I understand why we have it. I'll admit, some in the Global North do some things at an advanced rate but we don't need them in terms of food production.

It's almost as if some humans love being needed by other humans. It's a narrative we love putting on.


I am fighting this

[sonasworld]

We couldn't agree more, we have seen firsthand how the Charity and Westren AID has destroyed Cambodia over the last 40 years

[tarnic]

americans are very triggered by this. Why cant they just be normal?

[evilryutaropro]

Michael Hudson points out that the word “aid” is misleading because the governments use the middle age definition and everyone else uses the modern definition. Aid is what someone would give to a feudal lord akin to a rent or usury

[thegreatburt]

Superb. Watched this video whilst waiting to find out about UK's commitment to foreign aid budget. A shocking and disgraceful history that needs justice rather than aid.

[JamesAlexander]

This is the best video to cover the current events with 911, Saddam, Gadaffi, China and African nations well.

[acebastoni]

The Coup equation/cycle made a jaw dropping point that made sense.

[lilybaytoday]

Thank you for your work. This is incredible. Why aren't there more views?

[chinmayadhiman]

I've read your book... Im just speechless

[rayanswar]

i'm so impressed ! that was a great vid

[dervesK]

He's so right. There it becomes crime to be rich in next decades

[carriemunnick]

Are these issues similar to the ones that keep rich rich and the poor poor here in America? In the last 2 years I've seen a huge increase in homeless people near my house. I'm not talking about a few here and there, I'm talking about thousands.

[CosmoShidan]

Mutual aid is the way to go. Local groups are banding together to combat global capitalism to realize post--scarcity.

[TijanaRadnov]

Great video. We need more similar, educated content to be informed, all of us, especially ordinary people from developed countries.

[abdullahigbawa]

Exactly what is happening in African countries. Take every advice from IMF at the expense of the common man

[everynamewastakenomg]

Global minimum wage is absolutely the way to fix this problem but in reality it is never going to happen. The rich countries don't want to risk losing their position in the world and the corrupt governments in African nations couldn't care less about the people of their country. It's the same old story throughout human history. Everything happens due to greed and a hunger for power.

[justinboyd]

Hickel's "The Divide" is a must read. He covers all of this in the book with pretty good detail and analysis.