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Everytime something like this comes up, westerners pretend that they are shocked, which I find hard to believe.

Western aid agencies and humanitarian agencies work closely with corporations and third world governments to get their way. Oftentimes, these bribes are not as direct as alleged here. Instead, the corporations donate to humanitarian agencies, which then allocate it as budget in the target country in exchange for business deals. Most of the aid disappears in "admin expenses" i.e. it goes to fill the pockets of people making these deals with these corporations.



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