This sure seems like a pleasant thing for us wealthy folk to believe: by not giving aid to Africa, we're more virtuous than those who act out of pity.
There's a career to be made out of promoting such ideas.
I'll hope (without reading) that what's being promoted merely that aid should be given more rationally.
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This sure seems like a pleasant thing for us wealthy folk to believe: by not giving aid to Africa, we're more virtuous than those who act out of pity.
There's a career to be made out of promoting such ideas.
I'll hope (without reading) that what's being promoted merely that aid should be given more rationally.