Why Africa Wasted $1.4 Trillion in Foreign Aid

[@alanjm1234]

Foreign Aid is poor people in rich countries sending money to rich people in poor countries.

[@kimawelec1909]

If I could press the like button more than once to your comment I'd have pressed it a 1,000 times, it is so true.

[@loisjkindel180]

True!

[@Erin-p5g]

Amen

[@brightfuture0959]

and you will never be thanked, never. The opposite might happen though .. or no one will remember, information lost in a future propaganda war. I guess it’s like a beautiful, successful, happy person trying to help a serial loser, it will just be too much for the ego, pride etc. doesn’t work.

[@asianguy86]

​@@kimawelec1909jesus must save Africa 😂😂

[@DWinthekeys]

Having worked in Africa, the corruption there is beyond anything most people can imagine.

[@joaopedrobaggio4475]

Which African country did you worked?

[@Golgi-Gyges]

It could accurately be said that most poor countries have corrupt governments and the socialist types fare the worst.

[@PAIP_Studio]

Yes... That is a lie... Africa does not look like this... They have skyscrapers. Just go in Google street view and look at any city... Cities like Luanda in Angola that has skyscrapers and a coastline that looks like Miami, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Benguela, N'Djamena, Port-Gentil, Bissau, Libreville, Al Fashir, Bosaso, Durban, Gqeberha.

[@daduzadude1547]

@@PAIP_Studiothose are limited examples. Corruption is Africa’s main problem. The top take the majority of the money for themselves. Prime example: South Africa received billions to help fight Covid. That money simply disappeared

[@PAIP_Studio]

@@daduzadude1547 This is a problem that was created by sending money to Africa. Like in India and like in the Saudi Arabia the elite have un paralleled lives while the rest starve. This an Africa problem that can only be solved by Africans and nobody else. We can' not fix it, we can only make it worst. We need to stop sending them money. We need to stop sending them aid of all types. They need to stand on their own legs.

[@Dexter01992]

A friend of mine has been in some village in africa to help people there for two seasons. He told me that after that he is done helping them. The reason? The first year they went there to build some infrastructure so render the village self sufficient: building a well, bringing fishing equipment, make some basic stuff to supposedly help there people do things independently. The next year he came back and everything was back to the start. The well was rendered inoperable. The fishing equipment was stolen. Anything they did was either broken or gone. Once they asked what happened, they got told that shortly after they were gone previous year, some individuals have begun sabotaging the new things so that everyone would keep remain as miserable as possible so that "the rich people will come again to bring stuff for free". As I said, my friend has dropped any intention to go there ever again. Until these people change, no amount of help will ever raise them from absolute poverty.

[@Goulmy86]

I've heard the same unfortunately 😟

[@cactiguide]

It has been proven time and again that giving people free stuff does not help them. Humans need a sense of worth and that only comes from work.

[@christophervanheerden6499]

Rule 1 of Africa: Never help anyone. Once you help them, they will never do anything for themselves again. You feed a man today because he is hungry and he will come back every day expecting to eat.

[@Andre_XX]

I heard of a case where someone had a successful demonstration farm operating for the locals. However they never took any interest in it. A truckload of European food aid arrived for them every week.

[@cactiguide]

@@Andre_XX Exactly. why buy products produced in your own country when you get free stuff from overseas?

[@marcusmoonstein242]

Speaking as a South African, government corruption plus voters who don't understand how things could be made better is the killer combination. No amount of foreign aid will fix these problems.

[@ashton1952]

And SAfs still can't explain where all the gold went. 3rd biggest natural gold reserves in the world historically, and we have kids going hungry and without shoes. Gold costs more than oil for goodness sakes. Where is it all??

[@verenamenzel8958]

since many years I see the problems relating to africa : big mistake to give them independence of colonialism. African leaders all were and are corrupt not to speak criminals. They only care for their own pockets. The former colonists should have installed a government with african politicians but at the same time also controll what they are doing. African politicians are unable to govern.

[@kaveersingh300]

​@ashton1952 gold was taken by Britain

[@kaveersingh300]

And there is no genuine foreign aid to Africa; what we see are bribes and exploitation. Africa once boasted some of the wealthiest and most powerful kingdoms on Earth before foreign invaders looted its resources. Now, in the aftermath of colonialism, one would hope for progress, but unfortunately, the legacy of greed and corruption left behind by the colonizers has been adopted by some of the local leadership, perpetuating the cycle of mismanagement and exploitation.

[@daduzadude1547]

As a South African who has travelled to and worked in the majority of African countries, the main problem is threefold: Corruption Tribalism Marxism. Democracy simply doesn’t work in Africa. Votes can be bought for a light meal, and people still vote traditionally for “liberation” parties. Case in point the ANC… And a lot of politicians believe they can make Marxism work, because they will do it correctly

[@Rigel_6]

The infinite loop of "Our shit system failed but we will try again because it was not real marxism but then our shit system fails so we will try again because it was not real marxism but then..."

[@alaskayoung3413]

And very very tan people….

[@petriepretorius4085]

Yip... We are from the same country...

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

In other words - democrats

[@victorcano1289]

Democracy barely works anywhere, in most cases is a rigged system to benefit either a politcal elite, a corporate elite or a military elite. A mere façade for keeping the masses quiet. It probably works in few small developed european countries and probably in some english speaking former settler colonial state like Aus, or NZ. And thats it. The rest of the world "democracies" are one party quasi dictatorships, puppet governments of a larger power or disfunctional states leaning between populist leaders of opposing political spectrums like in LATAM.

[@turnleft8645]

As a Zimbabwean, that money wasn't wasted, it served it's purpose perfectly for maintaining corrupt systems and the officials that govern them.

[@sarcasticinfj5310]

South African here. Let me tell you something that made my jaw drop. So there's a bustling mining town called Burgerford in one of our provinces. Rich town due the platinum being mined there. The town is almost 99% ethnically black. Mansions as far as the eye can see. Prosperity in abundance. Every. Single. Mansion. Has. A. PIT TOILET. Outhouse. I kid you not. They can not get their act together to build, maintain and improve infrastructure.

[@12vscience]

It seems that there is enough people in that area that only respect their own property rights, not the property rights of other individuals or collectives. I have heard that in South Africa there is organized theft of infrastructure copper wiring.

[@sarcasticinfj5310]

@@12vscience Not only copper. Cash In Transit robberies are also organized crime. People speculate that corrupt government officials are behind it.

[@janetgillespie6590]

Is it really such a good idea to store sewage inside your house ? Which is what happens if there is a shortage of water. We saw it in India, in the non - rainy season .

[@sarcasticinfj5310]

@janetgillespie6590 You are right. I suppose a pit toilet outside is much better than a pit toilet inside your house. Personally, I just prefer a flushing toilet, a working sewerage system, with a waste water plant maintained by a functional municipality, paid for by my municipal fees and taxes. In a large city. Even our farmers (the white ones that haven't been killed yet) have operating septic tank systems. But, each one to its own.

[@blackmaster999]

Black African countries might be failures but many Black Caribbean countries are more successful than many European countries.

[@jakhulley7171]

Friend of mine was in the marines and was posted to sierra leone, He would tell me about the locals who did nothing but sit around all day and look for any opportunity to steal from the base, after the soldiers left the africans stormed into the base and literally started fighting each other over the chairs the soldiers had made from scrap wood and para cord.

[@Tethloach1]

Progress is a very slow process.

[@beanzville]

@@Tethloach1what were the opportunities around the base like? Did the locals have many job opportunities

[@DanniManni]

Because there are no jobs there you can’t blame the unemployed if the government doesn’t make jobs I witnessed the same in Zanzibar a lot of unemployment but it’s not the fault of the locals

[@briangardiner3520]

@@jakhulley7171 I used to get climbing trousers made up in Zimbabwe. The workers had trouble getting in to work so we bought them bikes, next day one by one they arrived Mr …… my bike was stolen one after one. Yep you guessed they sold them thinking we would just give them a new one. Laugh now, but they have not evolved to live in decent society.

[@richystar2001]

Corruption and nepotism is at the heart of Africa.... taking everything for yourself and family and giving none to strangers is what African people are all about.

[@kathrynletchford5114]

And Australia aborigines. They are EXACTLY the same.

[@Arcticwind-xw6qg]

It’s a race specific trait

[@licensed_beheader]

​@@Arcticwind-xw6qgDumbass people in the west go to work to feed themselves and their family not everyone else.

[@Geordie-hs7kt]

I once took food to work after one of my children's birthday parties and said to my workmates it's in the fridge please help yourself. After doing some work I thought I'd have a sausage roll and on opening the fridge it was empty and I'd brought lots of food. It turned out that an African Nurse who was with us for the day had taken all the food (everything) because I said help yourself, she left not one thing for anyone else.....

[@neilreynolds3858]

You have to live like that when you're poor. After thousands of generations, it becomes your culture. When it becomes your culture, it's portable.

[@edennis8578]

Part of the problem also is that in much of African culture, if one person gains, then the rest of the family feels entitled to take it. Anyone who wants to get ahead has to leave their country and set up shop where they don't have any relatives. As you can imagine, this practice keeps most Africans who live under it to remain perpetually poor. By the way, when these people move to the US, they retain this attitude. It promotes perpetual poverty in a country filled with opportunities because they have no incentive to improve their situation when their relatives will just confiscate any gains they make.

[@einstien2409]

Lmao same in Bangladesh and we are rich. It's not the culture it's the geography and, worst of all, corruption.

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

​@@einstien2409 It's the communist politicians who use the state budget as their own wallet..

[@Nylon_riot]

Interesting. Thank you for sharing. I just want to clarify that the Nigerians are the top earners in the country.

[@queenme7691]

Yes what you are saying is absolutely right. It's a very sad situation too.

[@TwinTalon01]

Chris Tucker talked about this. When he struck it big, his family said “We’re rich!!!”. He said “No, I’M rich!!! Go get your own!!!”

[@JohnJaggerJack]

99% of that money went to each African country leader's offshore accounts, and the rest 1% was used to pay for humanitarian operations, running their individual underdeveloped countries, infra structures and government "services".

[@deanjones2525]

If you understand that "aid" isn't aid, you'll realise why Africa is not where many believe it should be. The West can't come straight out and bribe their surrogates ensconced in African governments. That's why they call it "aid". Furthermore, the African continent is constantly being raped to make these neo-colonialists rich. Therefore, Africa doesn't lack wealth, so it doesn't need aid. Rather, it lacks leaders with moral temerity that will stand up against the West to chart a truly independent path for their people.

[@drewskij2175]

There was a story some time ago about this exact thing where some African dictators son was living high on the hog in Monaco with a 20 million dollar yacht and several high dollar sports cars.

[@frijofroisdeern3783]

If you want Somebody to travel to diffetent Lands - you don't Show them how to built a ship - you tell him of the Wonders that might lie beyond the Waves. He will find a way to get There.... Interviewer at the fence of two neighboring farms: you are neighbors? Are you also friends? African Farmer one nods. African Farmer 2: we Meet every day to talk at the fence. Interviewer: are you both poor? Did the UNICEF Initiative help you? African farmer 1: yes. It was Great. UNICEF teachers told me how to bring in more harvest. Now my children are not Hungry anymore. African farmer 2 nods. Intetviewer: are you also bringing in more harvest? African Farmer 2: no. The Class was full. So nobody taught me. They need to come back. Only then I can learn. My children are Hungry. I Need help. They need to come back so I can visit a Class. African Farmer 1 nods. Me screaming on the inside: you live right fucking Next to one another! You 1 can show him! And you 2 can ask him! Or at least look at what he did different to be more successful! Try to Connect the dots! I will just never understand why Africans treat white people Knowledge like magic Spells, that can only be worked by white people for black people. Yet get all offended when "white people Act patronizing as if black people cannot get anything done by themselves". Well... no shit....

[@MrOwusu-Arko]

I’m a Ghanaian and I can tell you one simple reason why we are poor= Socialism. Over dependence on government for everything from sanitation to employment

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

Is it true that some Africans that live in countries that were once colonies look fondly on the days when they were under foreign rule ?

[@MrOwusu-Arko]

@@krunoslavkovacec1842 tbh….our fathers and grandparents tell us fondly of days when we were under the white mans rule. Systems and institutions use to work back then. Colonialism is the best thing that has ever happened to Africa. We’ve gone way back into the dark ages since the white man left

[@on2thenextthing]

Socialism is a recipe for disaster. History has proven that.

[@Nylon_riot]

​​​@@MrOwusu-ArkoGeography doesn't help either since so many countries are landlocked. It is a big, beautiful continent but doesn't give you much to work with Ans when your supply lines have to pass throughso many countrieswho may be corrupt, it is another hurdle.. Most people don't know how much Geography still matters, and when you don't have ports , or water systems, it is a hindrance.

[@joaopedrobaggio4475]

@@MrOwusu-Arko Sorry for it my friend, Latin América is not different, we have extremelly corrupt governments.

[@unclescar5616]

I am African, Zambian. If I were summarise what I think the problem in African is, I'd say Institutions. African countries does not have the necessary governance and economic institutions to utilise the aid and the abundant resources they have. Corruption, war and bad governance thrive in places with weak institutions and laws. Unfortunately, many Africans believe the solution lies in politians and so they entrust them with more power there by weakening the systems further.

[@neilreynolds3858]

People here in the US think that politics will save them too. People love to live in fantasy no matter where they are and what they see.

[@someasiandude4797]

Botswana learned the ways of free markets and their people prospered because of it

[@VeniVidiVici456]

And Madagascar did NOT. Unfortunately, Botswana is the exception and NOT the rule.

[@asianguy86]

​@@VeniVidiVici456Madagascar is worst 😂😂

[@sylvesteruchia5263]

Botswana is poor . Do you guys ever look at their gdp per capita vs Isreal gdp per capita (or any other moderately developed country ) . Botswana is really poor idk where this narrative of prosperity is coming from .

[@sylvesteruchia5263]

@@blenderguy2935 I compare it to Isreal because Isreal is considered a developing nation . Botswana is poorer (per capita ) than its neighbour South Africa (which isnt sanctioned or fighting rebels like its other neighbours ) . 1.3 trillion may sound like a lot , but its over 60 years and split between 54 nations , its only a couple hundred million a year to each nation , it was not intended to make the rich or something. Thats delisional , the aid only stops some worst case scenarios and may help provide some extremely basic bare minimun goods and services.

[@stewart2589]

Botswana still being worse off than Bolivia shows how they still got a long way to go

[@jwvvvv]

How much of the money donated to Africa ended up in the pockets of UN, WHO, etc. officials?

[@messagesystem333]

Kind of like Ukraine "aid".

[@danf1862]

@@messagesystem333that's not how aid to Ukraine works. We transfer goods and equipment from our strategic stockpiles. Those stockpiles get replenished with the aid money. That's money being spent on US companies in our own economy. Very little actual cash goes to Ukraine. At least understand the fundamentals before you shoot your mouth off

[@williamanthoine6985]

@@danf1862 Yes, so essentially pushing a war for corporate profits. How does that help Ukraine? But a small elite will make outrageous finacial gains.

[@ZigzagEnd]

​@@williamanthoine6985 I really dont get how you dont understand how giving Ukraine supplies helps Ukraine, like idk... guns to shoot and ammo to fire? vehicles to use and food to eat?

[@williamanthoine6985]

@@ZigzagEnd Yes, a sad situation for the Ukrainian people.. Ukraine is not part of NATO or any organization the US (or other countries pouring money into it) has a responsibility to defend. It's not even a democracy. You don't find it odd that Zelenskyy is travelling around the world, appearing in Vogue etc while his country is at war? What is really going on there? If not for geopolitical interests, it would get as much support as Rwanda. How much help was sent there to prevent the genocide of Tutsi minorities? I don't support this proxy war with Russia the US is involved in. Especially while there are some serious pressing issues at home that are being underfunded or not addressed.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Botswana built financial bonds with mining corporations, and used the proceeds to develop local infrastructure. As a result, they surpass nearly all of their sub Saharan neighbors despite being 70% desert.

[@daduzadude1547]

Yes, Botswana is a shining light in Africa. And being blessed with diamonds helped! Sadly though the modern Motswana rely on their parents wealth and unemployment is rife.

[@cella6495]

Wow you mention 1 country out of 54. See the problem?

[@blackmaster999]

NONSENSE. Botswana only looks good on paper and has little infrastructure.

[@daduzadude1547]

@@blackmaster999 have you been to Gaborone? Have you driven on the trans Kalahari road?

[@blackmaster999]

@@daduzadude1547 I know what Gaborone looks like which is why I said what I said. EG: Namibia is more developed than Botswana.

[@thevox1075]

I recall reading an article about the sources and explanations of why the small Central European countries like Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, and Denmark are so wealthy despite having no natural resources. The author believed it was because those countries, in the absence of agriculture, minerals, timber etc, developed sophisticated financial infrastructure -- they chose to facilitate business between their European neighbors and eventually the world. In contrast, Africa has always made zero investment in human capital. Their human resources are cheap, abundant, unsophisticated and frankly expendable. Africa's governments have always invested exclusively in extracting and selling natural resources, and made no investment in sophisticated industrial and financial development.

[@12vscience]

A respect for property rights is a prerequisite for building wealth.

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

All those nations (with the exception of tiny Luxembourg and Liechtenstein) had and still have strong agriculture to some extent, which they themselves used, but also learned to export for economic trade income. The Scandinavians had always been goods traders and began building up trading lines and wealth early on for that reason. Then, oil in the North Sea and off the coast of Norway increased their economic profile more. Scandinavia and NW Europe also became involved in technology as inventors and early adopters, leaping ahead and forging a lucrative path accordingly. That's still the case. ASML, NXP Semiconductors and STMicroelectronics lead the Dutch chip industry and are also major players in the global arena in that industry. Tiny nation, big impact. Regardless of what natural resources Europe did or didn't have (and agriculture was something they DID and still do have), what made the difference there, unlike in other places, was religious reformation, science and technology pulling ahead in society, allowing for faster advancements, intellectual capital, property rights, and other social advancements, including and especially sanitation. That immensely helped the USA, for example. Look at Saudi Arabia and UAE, for example, where were it not for petroleum wells discovered by Westerners, and the technological know-how of Westerners bringing extraction equipment, tools, and engineering know-how that Arab oil states rely heavily upon, they would not be wealthy. They would be like their non-petrol neighbors. Dubai and places like it? Built by contracting Western expertise and skilled trades. The Saudis do little themselves, nor do Emiratiis. For skilled occupations, like civil engineering and aeronautics, the West and Japan. For unskilled labor, the third world. And that really tells quite a story as to how and why Europeans pulled ahead. Japan watched Europe carefully, and it did very much the same to quickly jump far ahead of its neighbors, too. The irony to me is that Europeans and pan-European Western nations (USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) are bitterly attacked, accused, criticized, vilified, and guilted by minorities in their midst whom they have *pulled along and up with them.* The constant complaints of "colonizers!" and demands for "reparations" in lieu of the opportunities made available to said constituencies seems much more like mere bitter jealousy and envy for the intellectual accomplishments and social structure of Europeans which allowed them to move themselves ahead and continually advance. And what accomplishments and advancements have the complainers to show on their part?

[@boulderbash19700209]

That can't explain why other countries (e.g. USA) on the other side of the world which is also rich in natural resources didn't take the same trajectory. African countries' independence movement grew during the height of socialism, most of their revolutionary leaders were sponsored by Sovyet Union. In turn they implemented socialism after the countries became independent. The same thing can be said about Asian countries, except for the fact that USA was more involved to ward off socialism in that region.

[@InceyWincey]

This is some ahistorical nonsense right here.

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

@InceyWincey How so?

[@RapinatorOhYeah]

There is one country in Africa that is successful because of one epic leader. Botswana. It has the lowest corruption in Africa, one of the most stable and *the longest continuous* democracy in Africa. All thanks to Sir Seretse Khama. And chad is understatement for what this guy did.

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

They are quite different because they managed to pull a community together for the common good and overcome the self-enrichment tendencies. Botswana also did not allow bigotry to stand in the way of good common sense and policy. When Mad Bob plunged Zimbabwe into racist-filled rampages to purge the country of its citizens of European descent and summarily strip them of property they legally obtained, the farming community, which kept Zimbabwe and other countries fed, were immediately welcomed and settled by Botswana, where they now professionally farm and provide. That also raised Botswana's GDP mightily, too. Years later, after Mugabe's death, Zimbabwe demanded that Botswana "return" the farmers, as though they were inanimate objects. Botswana's response? Hard no on that. Botswana also has Africa's longest electrified fencing system to prevent illegal immigration, running principally along its border with Zimbabwe. This says much as to how Botswana views itself and who it will have to enhance itself versus who it doesn't want. There are other comparisons, too, but Botswana is rightly held up as a model for what other African nations can become, as well as the tiny nation of Gabon and how it's protecting its natural resources, ecosystems, and people to become a leader in its own right. Both nations offer a real blueprint to control and eliminate corruption, pull together for the collective good, and thrive.

[@CynicalOldDwarf]

​@@EyeSeeThruYouinteresting! I'd had no idea Botswana became a haven for white farmers.

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

@CynicalOldDwarf There's many things not appearing in "general media" for the sake of promoting divisiveness. Botswana is doing well because they realized things work with "all hands on deck."

[@rowbearly6128]

Botswana also has a pre colonial tribal consultation culture, different to the rest of Africa. They worked out thier issues as a collective, non violent semi socialist community. One reason why they were a protectorate, not a colony, under the British.

[@hector7187]

70% of the population belong to the same ethnic group. Thought Botswana has high unemployment

[@zibbitybibbitybop]

The fact that Botswana is prospering in spite of being landlocked and resource-poor tells me that corruption is the primary driver of failure everywhere else. Botswana had a miracle happen and managed to get honest and competent leadership in place for long enough that it became self-sustaining, and the result is that their country no longer sucks to live in. Can that be done elsewhere? Maybe in theory, but I'm not holding my breath.

[@DMV_469]

Botswana? Resource poor? Ha!😂 Botswana is RICH in diamonds, copper and nickel. The diamonds in Botswana are rivaled only by SA and Namibia. You not knowing just how loaded Botswana is makes me thing your government (I assume you are from Botswana) is lying to you about how it makes its money and how much money it actually makes. Which begs the question how corrupt is Botswana?

[@neilreynolds3858]

I wish it would happen in the US but I'm not expecting it here either.

[@thegreatergood8081]

The problem is that Africa's repetitive cycle of failure is always laid at the feet of colonialism or capitalism instead of the simple fact that corruption and tribalism are to blame. If you're an African leader of a country that used to be a British territory, you simply can't hold the extinct British Empire as solely responsible when your people are starving and your government buddies are pocketing aid money for themselves.

[@stevem815]

It also seems self-evident that blaming colonialism is useless (even if it's correct). It's a historical fact you can't change, the only relevant question is how to improve your situation in the present. It seems like an obvious example of internal vs external locus of control.

[@reuvenpolonskiy2544]

And Socialism

[@frijofroisdeern3783]

If you want Somebody to travel to diffetent Lands - you don't Show them how to built a ship - you tell him of the Wonders that might lie beyond the Waves. He will find a way to get There.... Interviewer at the fence of two neighboring farms: you are neighbors? Are you also friends? African Farmer one nods. African Farmer 2: we Meet every day to talk at the fence. Interviewer: are you both poor? Did the UNICEF Initiative help you? African farmer 1: yes. It was Great. UNICEF teachers told me how to bring in more harvest. Now my children are not Hungry anymore. African farmer 2 nods. Intetviewer: are you also bringing in more harvest? African Farmer 2: no. The Class was full. So nobody taught me. They need to come back. Only then I can learn. My children are Hungry. I Need help. They need to come back so I can visit a Class. African Farmer 1 nods. Me screaming on the inside: you live right fucking Next to one another! You 1 can show him! And you 2 can ask him! Or at least look at what he did different to be more successful! Try to Connect the dots! I will just never understand why Africans treat white people Knowledge like magic Spells, that can only be worked by white people for black people. Yet get all offended when "white people Act patronizing as if black people cannot get anything done by themselves". Well... no shit....

[@ayianaarthur2551]

@@stevem815colonialism improved their situations.

[@DragonNectar]

​@stevem815 every continent was colonized. Why are they not crying and blaming whitey for it?

[@womsky4537]

Stop giving them money, It's only going for the corrupts pockets.

[@deanjones2525]

If you understand that "aid" isn't aid, you'll realise why Africa is not where many believe it should be. The West can't come straight out and bribe their surrogates ensconced in African governments. That's why they call it "aid". Furthermore, the African continent is constantly being raped to make these neo-colonialists rich. Therefore, Africa doesn't lack wealth, so it doesn't need aid. Rather, it lacks leaders with moral temerity that will stand up against the West to chart a truly independent path for their people.

[@1wun1]

That's why the money is sent though.

[@deanjones2525]

@@1wun1 If you understand that "aid" isn't aid, you'll realise why Africa is not where many believe it should be. The West can't come straight out and bribe their surrogates ensconced in African governments. That's why they call it "aid". Furthermore, the African continent is constantly being raped to make these neo-colonialists rich. Therefore, Africa doesn't lack wealth, so it doesn't need aid. Rather, it lacks leaders with moral temerity that will stand up against the West to chart a truly independent path for their people.

[@oscarvi3232]

Will never forget while on holiday in Milan seeing troops of African woman marching around, arms laden with Gauci and other high price shopping bags while protected dozens of suited-up security forming a protective cordon around them. In most cases these women were dressed in uniform, brightly coloured "native" costume. Great to see my tax dollars and donations being well spent. Needless to say, I am very reluctant to donate anything these days especially if there is any risk of that money going to the Third World.

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

I refuse to donate to "human" charities either, since you see witnessed what it produces: shopping trips for material gratification seekers who can't think past tomorrow.

[@peterc.1618]

Some people restrict their charitable giving to charities whose work they themselves, or their relatives, might benefit from in the future. For example if there is a history of diabetes, heart disease, cancer etc. in your family, money given to charities doing research into the cure/prevention of these conditions might help you if the need should arise. The RSPCA and NSPCC are also popular among those of us who do not wish to fund yet another hundred pairs of shoes for the president's wife in some faraway land. And if there is one in your area, the children's hospice is popular, as are charities that provide non-medical items for sick children generally (toys, outings, etc.) I object to being asked for money by people collecting for hospital scanners, that's what our taxes should be paying for.

[@MrCmon113]

What's that got to do with charity?

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

@@peterc.1618 Since my first opportunity as an adult to donate to a charitable cause, I've always picked environmental, conservation, and animal-related causes. Never other humans.

[@RCSVirginia]

@@EyeSeeThruYou If one contributes to organizations such as Fos Feminista and Pathfinder International that are providing family planning in developing countries, that does benefit the environment and conservation.

[@Booma4142]

People don't value things given to them for free. Atop that all the free stuff, food, medicine, clothes, and more, obliterates the domestic industries that produce those goods.

[@cameronspence4977]

Well, to be fair, a lot of the aid programs weren't just giving them stuff for for free. But they still failed just for different reasons

[@elinorsmalberger8883]

As our parents and society taught 'nothing ventured nothing gained' or 'teach a man to fish... ' or 'laziness will get you nowhere' etc etc. the VALUE SYSTEM and hard work most of western civilization. Raised to respect your family members (and others) clean your room do your chores your homework etc etc. Being kind considerate honest it starts right there folks! Following the basic principles of life. For Christians going to Church reading your Bible and developing your relationship with God Jesus and Holy Spirit!

[@slappy8941]

This reminds me of the story of the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina. They never received Federal recognition, and therefore never got Federal handouts. They had to figure out how to survive on their own in a modern economy. So they got into the business of installing and maintaining power lines, and as a result, they built a thriving community with their own banks and everything else, because they had no one else to rely on.

[@boulderbash19700209]

On the other hand, the recognized tribes are run as socialist countries, and end up just as miserable as African countries.

[@johngaither9263]

You're saying they assimilated into the American culture? Good for them. Trouble is most other tribes refuse to assimilate and resist it nearly as much as they did during the Indian wars. Wars they lost but refuse to acknowledge and conform to except for their casinos. Great future for Indian kids to become dealers and cocktail hostesses.

[@reuvenpolonskiy2544]

That is amazing

[@yashpatel261]

From what i have known about the sub saharan africans i have met on different continents. They seem to be very strongly believing in EQUITY OF OUTCOME and no one having more than the other. When any group of people has this fundamental belief they cannot progress beyond a certain level as a civilization. This is why despite colonization some countries have flourished and others not so much.

[@Dreez76]

If it was up to me, we wouldn't give a single cent to Africa in foreign aid, it's just wasted money.

[@briangardiner3520]

I had a business in Kenya in the 90s I sponsored a rally car and during the East African Rally a car transporter arrived with 4 new Subaru rally cars, belonging to the Ugandan presidents son.The African guy with me said” This is where your stupid British gov aid money goes” the corruption with aid money is all over Africa it is in their nature.🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@chepkemoivelmah1755]

Hello, how are you doing I need to talk to you

[@briangardiner3520]

@ About?

[@Burnlit1337]

I think there was this documentary where it said that shoe donations were putting the local shoemakers out of business. Moreover, the donated shoes were cheaply made so they broke down relatively quickly without anybody there with the skill nor tools to fix it. This is the same with any randomly foreign donation going on in Africa.

[@williamlouie569]

Give a fish to the poor he can eat today but teach him to fish he can eat every day!

[@CarlSteyn]

I am an open-minded South African who has spent my whole life trying to fathom the African mind. Watching Africa becoming independent was an absolute eye-opener. Liberia was the first country to get there. After 140+ years it is the 6th poorest country in Africa. As each country gained independence they have reverted to petty kingdoms like their ancesttral forefathers. Colonial infrastructure was neglected but glitz was not. Big cars, Armani Gucci etc was de rigeur. They seem to only live for today with no plan for tomorrow. Corruption is applauded. The more you can get away with, the more you are admired and féted. Living right up to your neighbour is ok as that is how the villages used to be. Baffling to the Western mind. Aid is not seen as a chance to uplift my brother only as what is in it for me. 😎😎😎

[@raymondpetrovits2336]

I picked up a load of aluminum pressure cookers in Wisconsin once. Destination Africa. The shipper stated the place in Africa where the electric pressure cookers were being shipped to had NO electricity. Many loads before and after amounted to a waste of time and money from contributions to UNICEF. Pouring good money into a failed situation.

[@neilreynolds3858]

But people felt good about themselves and that's the point.

[@raymondpetrovits2336]

@@neilreynolds3858 Throwing money away is never a good idea. The scam perpetrated on donors is criminal and not helping the intended victims is a worse crime. The whole affair helps no one except the stupid charity.

[@ssemergencyworld7362]

Unless they do it themselves they’re a lost cause. I’m tired of tax money being sent in foreign aid to these places

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Responsibility and Accountability. Africa has lots of new millionaires who couldn't care less about their people.

[@belthesheep3550]

Tell me you're a lefty without telling me you're a lefty.

[@neilreynolds3858]

America has lots of billionaires who don't care about the people. It's happening everywhere at the same time.

[@MohammedAli-ku5gm]

I am a African who does well for himself and wants to a achieve a multimillionaire status why should I help others who don’t want to help themselves anyway I’m not going to call myself a African anymore simply because when I do Africans feel as if they’re owed somthing

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

Average IQ in Singapore: 105.89 Average IQ in Senegal: 77.37

[@verfed]

Bingo.

[@lewisblight-bp1dt]

Added to which are noticeable behavioural differences, which are observable in blacks throughout the world.

[@M-su4mh]

@@lewisblight-bp1dt In America there have been thriving and bustling black communities but many of them were destroyed by the US government through redlining and eminent domain to build America's interstate highway system, the market exporting manufacturing to foreign countries for cheaper labor changing the American labor market from manufacturing to now services (which has affected almost every demographic negatively in the US), and whites rioting and destroying the communities throughout the 20th century. The last affluent black community we have is Atlanta and it's fortunate it was a huge and vital trade hub in the eastern United States which deterred whites from wanting to destroy it. FYSA, when I name a particular group, I am generalizing. I don't think all whites are bad. I'm not with that BS either.

[@selohcin]

@@lewisblight-bp1dt That's a culture issue, not a skin color issue.

[@somethingelse9535]

@@lewisblight-bp1dt The first thing Singapore did when they were poor was channel all their resources into education. Chinese families tend to beat their kids over the head with education. It's their no.1 strategy. The only family culture ahead of them are the Jews, who have been beating up all their offspring with education for 2,000 years. Look who owns the world as a result... Cultures who tell their children, "education is a waste of time" are always the poorest cultural group in any country.

[@minhtri649]

As a Vietnamese, I think all Western countries should stop giving aid and investing in Africa. I'm tired of hearing Africans blamed everything on Western countries. There are many countries in Asia really need these aid!

[@JJ-si4qh]

I’m an American that lives in vietnam and have been to some of Africa. Africa really sucks and they blame it on everyone but themselves. They seem incapable of taking any responsibility for their own actions and outcome and that is a major problem

[@boulderbash19700209]

Nope. Don't give us any aids. We will turn into just another African countries too. Just eliminate western countries politically motivated barriers of imports, and we can figure out the rest.

[@blackhammer5035]

There’s are three reasons UEX clearing efforts in Vietnam are my preferred charity to support, and two of those three reasons are: 1. I can rely on the people there to do something useful with the area cleared. 2. I can rely on the people there not to put more mines in the ground.

[@cella6495]

@@JJ-si4qh You hit the nail on the head with this fact.

[@sylvesteruchia5263]

Lol you think the aid is gonna go to Asia 😂. Nah bro ask China or something.

[@ecto6301]

Foreign aid is taking money from poor people in a rich country and giving it to rich people in a poor country- Ron Paul

[@DM-it2ch]

There's also the problem that in some countries, they simply refuse to work. In Namibia, there's a thriving tourist industry. All the hotels are foreign owned, but would love to employ local people. Unfortunately, the locals prefer to sit round all day, begging from the tourists and getting drunk. So the hotels are staffed by immigrants- largely from India.

[@UhrBushaltestelle]

Just recently, The government of AkwaIbom State in Nigeria spent $39M+ to build a church while most people are living in poverty with 75% unemployment rate.

[@richardalexander7089]

"...because *somebody* wants it this way." Is the best excuse I've ever heard as to why this continues.

[@robertvandeveer1846]

You can say the same thing for African Americans in the US. The inner cities across America are rife with career politicians living off the Graff from programs intended to improve their constituents' lives, but nothing changes.

[@neilreynolds3858]

Everybody in the elites wants it this way. They like it so much they're importing it to their countries.

[@haroldpearson6025]

I lived and worked in development aid as an engineer in Africa for 30 years 1969 to 1999, 7 different countries. I can confirm most of what is being said here. From 2000 to retirement at 77 I worked in Cambodia, what a difference in attitude the Cambodians have to the average African! It can be argued Cambodia has suffered as much as any African country with occupation by the Japanese in WW2 to the horrors of Pol Pot but whilst they do have their fair share of corruption the country is developing. The government is corrupt but knows it's limits and is not about killing the goose that lays the golden egg. This is not the case in most countries in Sub Saharan Africa. 4:12

[@antonstoeckl3689]

My enthusiasm helping Africa has completely disappeared because hardly any project was able to succeed. My latest example from a Catholic Priest in Ghana. Money was promised from Germany to build a school for several villages. The villages have been unable to agree in which village the school will be located and start to fight with each other. At the end, the military was called in and 52 people have died. No school buil for a long time. In my opinion the donor of the funds have to be blamed as well. Make you own assessment and decide according to the best possible solution. Make your funds depended on the execution of your assessment or if not, do NOT spend your money at all!!!

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

I was working in an affluent public school and I tried to interest the principal in a project ro provide water wells for African villages. The principal said NO‼️ He said they had a project like that before, for the kids to learn about African culture. Well, the kids learned alright. The African project administrators drained all the funds from the bank account of the school and then some.

[@alexanderthegreat2678]

It took one Marshall plan to rebuild Europe after WW2. We wasted dozens of Marshall plans on Africa and gave up the stars

[@natgenesis5038]

lol Africa got Cold War was different than Europe

[@IK_MK]

You can't compare the Marshall plan to the aid Africa gets One was supposed to prevent the spread of communism The other was to buy off support...

[@DanniManni]

Resources from Africa were literally stolen to rebuild Europe

[@johngardiner5206]

According to all the decades of Bandaid and Red Nose Days and, Sportsaid....... the country should be six feet under water, everyone has three houses and, a grain store! I don't give to charities anymore. With the chairman getting half a million a year to, the recipients buying fleets of Mercedes, I'll keep my money for local good works.

[@alanm.4298]

In essence, what has happened in Africa is very similar to what's occured with the welfare state in the US. What was intended to help lift people out of poverty and thrive actually creates an intergenerational dependency that ultimately serves to keep them poor. Good intentions... bad outcomes. In both cases there are elites who find keeping people impoverished allows the elite to retain power, control and money themselves. That elite class wants to maintain the status quo and keep the aid flowing. Of course, it is happening on a much larger scale in Africa, with entire nations suffering instead of being mostly limited to certain neighborhoods in US cities.

[@PhilipVaughn-ri8vb]

Lincoln tried to ship this demographic out after Civil War.

[@motolomalatse8641]

STOP LYING! You are very wrong to compare what is going on in Africa with the welfare system in the US. You are giving the impression that Africans are lazy and rely on welfare. The only people receiving and enjoying the foreign aid are the corrupt puppet politicians. The money never trickle down to the people, and I agree that foreign aid should be stopped because all it had created is debt. What needs to happen is for every African country to have a coup, put all the puppets in prison for life, and kick out all foreigners and their military that they use to kill us for our natural resources. Every person should go back to where they came from, and build their economies with their own natural resources!

[@elsenored562]

If you had the choice of ending malaria and providing clean drinking water for everyone in your Sub-Saharan country, or keeping $1 billion in foreign aid for yourself, which Swiss bank would you deposit the money in?

[@qweasdzxc]

how about i pay the 1 billion to end malaria vaccines and end clean drinking water

[@andyhun444]

If you switched Europe and African populations then Africa would be the wealthiest and most democratic continent within a generation

[@stuka80]

while Europe would be a primitive mess. It would be the same if Asians and Africans switched places too.

[@michaelman957]

As usual, socialism kills.

[@phillipcowan1444]

People used to go to Rhodesia to see the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Now people go to Zimbabwe to see the ruins of Great Rhodesia.😥

[@DM-kl4em]

What no one mentions is the average IQ on the continent, which is between 60 and 75 for most of the countries. Average, by definition, means that half the people in the country have an IQ even lower than that. No amount of foreign aid money can fix that.

[@daleweiss9507]

That means that the people providing the "foreign aid" aren't that smart either. Re: Canada.

[@henryrodgers1752]

@@CIyphord : By “over here” I assume that you mean the USA, do you not? Certainly, when 13% of the nation’s population annually commits 52% of all violent crime, it speaks volumes. Heather Mac Donald’s 2016 book, “The War On Cops,” paints a more precise portrait: at publication, across the 5 boroughs of NYC, blacks are 24% of the population and commit 82% of all homicide. To coin a phrase: violent, impulsive and retarded is not a good way to go through life.

[@WinstonSmithGPT]

Don’t worry America’s government-funded dysgenics program will fix everything.

[@jurrac8505]

education aid which is the best type of aid since you dont give them anything other than knowledge they learn to become prosperous themselves

[@verfed]

Exactly. The elephant in the room.

[@sirlordofderp]

You cant fix stupid with money, nor can you fix the enormous prevalent culture of leeching off of successful family. Have a friend that fled Nigeria because his entire family leeched off him until he was homeless and then disowned him for being poor.

[@hindu_1188]

Frankly anyone will leech on you if you money , sometimes the correlation between money you have and magnitude of leeching differs but still it stays true . If one can't keep control of themselves than its their problem

[@imopman]

@@hindu_1188 If he had denied them he would be beaten or worse. That is also a part of the culture.

[@Rotuma1260]

Great content. But it's not only corrupt governments and policies that keep the people down. The socialist cultures of most of the tribes also keep them down. Years ago I worked in West Africa to help poor people there. After a few years I left, mostly because the people keep bringing far too many babies into the world and then demand help to feed them. This hastens the destruction of natural resources. In the villages and other communities, everything belongs to everyone else. So what incentive is there to work hard, give up today's pleasure for tomorrow's reward? None. So they do as little as possible. All foreign aid should have ended by 1980, whether it's foreign governments or charities. They all make the problems worse overall, though in the short term some people are helped, and that keep donations pouring in. Tragic.

[@ronbell7920]

that is a sobering assessment.

[@RCSVirginia]

@cargopilot747 As I posted on several other comments, if one contributes to family planning organizations such as Fos Feminista and Pathfinder International that are working in the Third World, that does alleviate some of the problem.

[@Rotuma1260]

@@RCSVirginia The problem that my colleagues and I observed firsthand is that they never use contraceptives or any other planning to limit family growth. The contraceptives were made available by Western donors but the recipients wouldn't use them. Unless the aid would be tied to actually limiting family growth, those ideals are never achieved. The recipients take the handouts and then throw the contraceptives away. All Western aid should have been ceased at least 40 years ago. An excellent book on the subject is "When Helping Hurts."

[@kevinhixson1586]

"The only roads that we drive on were made by the British"-IDK but my favorite qoute about africa.

[@ronja6791]

I've had many conversations about all the failed Marxist and socialist attempts throughout the years. The socialist/Marxist advocates always say "that country didn't fail because of Marxism/socialism, it failed because of corruption". Ok, then, does massive corruption always have to accompany that form of governance? If corruption ALWAYS happens then maybe it's best not to choose Marxism/socialism.

[@GloogleGloigle]

In fairly recent history, democracy has elected Islamist regimes to power in the wake of the Arab Spring. Is there a perfect system out there? If Dubai or Saudi Arabia were democratic, they would likely fall into the above model. Maybe sometimes democracy is the right system for _some_ countries, but not for others. There are a lot of variables at play, like the level of education, religious fundamentalism, etc. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all system of government, if collective experience has anything to say. What matters might not be the system _per se,_ but does a government treat its people right?

[@FINNSTIGAT0R]

One aspect of Marxism is that, according to Marxist theory (which I consider flawed), socialism should replace capitalism. The theory posits that capitalism first builds factories and other infrastructure, but eventually becomes unbearable for workers. Consequently, the workers unite, start a revolution, overthrow the owning class, and take control. Thus, according to Marx, socialism is not suitable for building up a country from scratch. It is meant to take over an existing capitalist structure, operate it, and perhaps maintain or incrementally improve it, while distributing the wealth generated by this system to everyone. By these standards, the USSR was also not suitable to be a socialist country according to Marxist theory. I'm not asserting that Marxism could work; however, it seems that Marxists themselves often do not fully understand Marx's ideas.

[@stevem815]

@@GloogleGloigle The election of the muslim brotherhood happened because they were the only organised alternative, which seems more like a government of post US state department overthrow than democracy. But even the 'democracies' aren't democracies, they just have elections. Democracy is supposedly the rule of the demos, the people. But if people want to live in an Islamic theocracy, should they be allowed to? At the moment the American Empire says no. Maybe that's correct, maybe not. I think we might find out the answer within our lifetimes though, given the way the Americans are behaving.

[@regolith1350]

Ah yes, the old "that wasn't real marxism/socialism/communism" argument. if it's always accompanied by mass repression, mass murder, mass corruption, and social collapse, it's a feature not a bug.

[@reuvenpolonskiy2544]

@@GloogleGloigle You dont have to be Liberal democracy in order to avoid Socialism.

[@natquesenberry6368]

I can't tell you exactly why Africa is poor. I can say something about why aid projects fail. I lived in southern Africa for three years, working as a volunteer. Aid projects fail because of corruption, and arrogance on the part of the donors. They fail because foreigners start projects that are white elephant, pie in the sky ideas. Like shoe factories but with no market research done, and a consequent lack of customers. Or railroads that have no trains because no one will pay to maintain them because money for repairs "mysteriously" dries up. I never failed with multibillion dollar projects, only with what my 150 dollars a month as a Peace Corps volunteer could pay for. It took me a while to understand that projects that I initiated- the rabbits, bee keeping, the exotic fruits, etc, wouldn't succeed unless enough of the local people wanted them. The things that worked were things that helped local people meet their needs for health, food, and money. Conservation farming worked because it helped people earn more money with familiar tools. People were willing to try vegetables or fruit that they knew about, and how to propagate citrus to sell. Villagers planted timber trees. Sometimes, there are cultural things that hold people back. A man near my village doubled his income with better farming methods, but stopped when he was accused of using witchcraft for his success. Jealousy caused a friend's relatives to steal most of her corn, because she had a better yield. The old man next door was the only man with sheep, and jealous neighbors broke their legs, just out of jealousy. People stole orange trees from my yard, but I can only hope they were transplanted somewhere! Aid can bring out the worst in people, arrogance on the part of donors, and greed and jealousy from recipients.

[@theallseeingeye9388]

Contrary to popular believe, abundance in natural resources doesnt translate to wealth and prosperity but increases the likehood of the country being corrupt as hell.

[@JohnK95833]

Perhaps the ugliest part is the media blasting MrBeast for digging 100 wells in Africa as somehow racist.

[@Mr.Janitor]

Sounds like they could use some capitalism.

[@Zeero3846]

It's not just capitalism. Their legal systems also needs to be less heavy-handed so that citizens are more able to settle civil disputes. Some countries have seen success in adopting common law legal frameworks.

[@SomebodySomewhere-ul1eu]

There is little but capitalism in Africa, there is no "big government", since it's so incompetent and corrupt it can't effect any form of real control. The video is an American politician projecting his own people's politics into Africa, which has its own problems, mostly cultural in nature.

[@50calBeowulf]

War lords and tribalism are huge obstacles to advancement also.

[@selohcin]

You can't have capitalism without a functioning rule of law, and that law has to ensure equal opportunity to access the market.

[@somethingelse9535]

Capitalism only really worked in the West and Asia. The West spent centuries developing common law and combined with other crucial developements (magna carta - restricting power of kings, the enlightenment) made the perfect combination. East Asians had Confucianism, a respect for the law and orderly society, all great ingredients for successful capitalism. The rest of world? They don't have these foundations. I don't see them ever figuring it out.

[@salerio4876]

The have also been given trillions of dollars in aid over the last 50 years in the USA and have little to show for it today. And they are still demanding even more as "reparations." A helpless and hopeless group of people worldwide. The truth of this can no longer be denied

[@Pious7]

Our foreign minister just resign because a corruption scandal, ahhh.....this continent 😢

[@Pious7]

@@phl4v0r sadly yes but since it's recent over a dozen of his properties are confiscated for investigation

[@KingK2205]

Which country

[@Pious7]

@@KingK2205 Zambia

[@loralubimaia2783]

What about poverty mindset? I worked for an NGO in Kenya. Was a part of a team teaching farming and local people adked how much we would pay them to teach them.

[@Rangerthehound]

The government where mr beast went was pretty quick to denounce his aid. Wonder why🤔

[@stephenkypreos7949]

Corruption. What don’t people understand.

[@lukebattiston6650]

Culture is downstream from ethnicity and race​@janstephen2861

[@neilreynolds3858]

People are happy with corruption as long as they get a cut of the loot. 'Twas ever thus...

[@overtonpendulum2071]

Corruption is partially genetic.

[@stuka80]

seems you dont understand. other countries are also corrupt, yet for every other continent on earth except Africa, the basics like clean water and electricity still functions. try a little harder, you'll get to the real answer if your IQ is high enough.

[@raebeam747]

I'm African I can assure you that all that aid is stolen by a few individuals who couldn't care less about their own communities but they care mostly about their own greed

[@0nepotential]

Haiti has the same problem, too much foreign aid is hurting the Haitian economy. Makes it hard for people to grow and sell crops when crops are being abundantly provided for free.

[@reuvenpolonskiy2544]

So the white men realy ruines the blacks

[@adspur]

Haiti is Caribbean Africa

[@1wun1]

Haïti has an entirely different problem, no country on earth can compare.

[@0nepotential]

@@1wun1 Haiti has a lot of problems, they’re the only country I know that had to pay reparations to their former slave owners.

[@1wun1]

@@0nepotential And now they're going through a societal collapse, Somalia and Yemen are more orderly for now.

[@RandallvanOosten-ln5wf]

Foreign aid from do-gooder nations, NGOs, and UN Agencies are at ground zero of the poverty of Africa. Foreign Aid is like the co-dependent spouse that keeps the alcoholic drunk. Foreign aid props up Kleptomaniac dictators and politicians. Even the UN realizes that corruption is massive in Africa. If "Colonialism" was what keeps indigenous people in poverty then Singapore and Hong Kong represent an ice bath of reality for Marxist academics in the West (i.e. virtually all academics). They just call themselves "Progressives" but they are Marxists. Singapore was a Dutch/British colony until the mid-50s and has minimal natural resources. Yet, their per capita income of 82,867 USD is well above that of the U.S. Haiti, meanwhile, got its independence in 1804 and, yet, has a per capita income of 1,604 USD. Haiti shares its island with the Dominican Republic which has a per capita income of 11,249 USD. I wonder if the warlords and roving bands of armed thugs exist in Singapore like they do in Haiti?

[@GinJ1337]

As someone who worked in Africa for 10 years and still is I can tell you the reason stated in this video is not it. Most countries did never implement communism yet they are poor even if they have resources. The actual main reasons I observed are: 1.) Corruption you cannot even imagine. Any foreign aid and wealth from resources gets stolen by the politicians / upper class and they do little to move the country forward. 2.) Unfortunately their average IQs are very, very low. Countries that developed well have vastly higher IQs. Look at South Korea which was considered a 3rd world country not that long ago ! High IQ. Singapore high IQ. China high IQ. 3.) In the cultures I have experienced there wasn't a widespread drive to be industrious. To work hard, to invent, to improve etc. 4.) Education sucks.

[@FINNSTIGAT0R]

I strongly believe in the controversial theory that climate, and especially challenging climate, shapes and refines nations and their members into either more or less prosperous beings. Environmental challenges, such as cold or alternatively very hot climates, force people to find different survival mechanisms, and thus their character and intelligence evolve over centuries and millennia to become very different according to the laws of evolution. If, on the other hand, the climate and other environmental factors have been easy, there has been no pressure of natural selection, and then even the less gifted have survived from one century to the next. Indeed, in Africa, culture had completely stagnated somewhere around the Iron Age when European colonists arrived in Sub-Saharan Africa.

[@InfiniteDesign91]

@@FINNSTIGAT0R I disagree because persians (Iran) and arabs both live in deserts, but Iran was able to cultivate a prosperous upper education, high culture, and arabs are still tribal. Both are desert people.

[@drewskij2175]

@@FINNSTIGAT0R climate has absolutely nothing to do with Africas issues. As the other poster mentioned, Middle Easterners have thrived and in Southeast Asia, very tropical climate, just like sub Saharan Africa, nations like Thailand and Singapore have exploded in growth.

[@georgerowe9166]

Just because they didn't implement it doesn't mean it wasn't there.

[@DragonNectar]

Sounds like you blaming whitey​@@FINNSTIGAT0R

[@fredrikbergquist5734]

A female friend that worked with aid in Africa said that if the money was given to the men they bought beer and sat in the bar. If it was given to the women the kids got food, clothes and the woman maybe could start a small company bringing in more money to the family. This truth is not very popular but it has to be told. A good force that is seldom mentioned in this context is that a lot of churches a doing a fantastic job but they are often invisible in media.

[@bsleds4585]

Whayevee

[@mrgreensuit7379]

The worst places there are Islamic and they don't tolerate alcohol. I remember reading this same sort of propaganda being used just before and during prohibition. Many of those old school feminists were pushing the ban of alcohol because they thought their men spent all their money on it.

[@fredrikbergquist5734]

@@mrgreensuit7379 I am talking about her experience as an aid worker. Some religions are like dictatorships that can’t be denied. Islams drug is opium since a thousand years back. Therefore it is very strange that the Talibans denied it. Thomas Sowell has written about black men and he is not a feminist.

[@MrCmon113]

@@mrgreensuit7379 Yeah sounds like BS to me.

[@RCSVirginia]

@fredrikbergquist5734 A friend of mine who volunteered to teach in Africa became totally disillusioned in large part because of what you pen here. What you describe is exactly what she experienced herself and saw in the village in which she lived.

[@SimonASNG]

Even Mr. Beasts attempt to drill wells probably didn't last long. This has been done before and the well pipe is usually dug up and sold by the locals before the video even gets published. It takes a strong village leader to keep a public well functioning for any length of time when the locals (or leadership) could privately benefit by stripping it and selling it for parts. In fact, the well drilling companies know this and often buy used well parts that they have been paid to install many times already. I would love to see a follow-up visit by Mr Beast to see how the villages are doing 1 year later. I bet fewer than 10% still have functioning wells and most of that 10% will have been "privatized" by a village strongman.

[@neilreynolds3858]

The village strongman is the prototype for government.

[@everyonethinksyoureadeathm5773]

I remember stories of aid workers working in africa. The local populations would call foreign aid "gimme dat". As in if you had a farmer, they would use the machines for 6 months then when it breaks down they go back to what they were doing before. Their neighbors would tell the aid workers to "gimme dat". Its just waste because corruption, lack of education and tribalism play a large role in the poverty of Africa.

[@petriepretorius4085]

Well said... In Africa, mostly everything goes to the "BAG" (bl, afr, gr33d) , a child in an adult's body has no responsibility, and if you empower them to take anything they want AND make the rules you get the typical scenario that happened in beloved South Africa: "apartheid" is blamed for everything, even the kilotons of copper that is stolen out of what was one of the best energy infrastructure systems in the world pre 2002...Africa's biggest problem is this: "people let politicians think for them, they cannot think for themselves because they don't want to" So stop helping Africa, world, because they will rob you blind and blame you for apartheid, or colonialism... Instead, try helping to solve the mindset problem stated previously, without throwing cash at it... But you won't get far because they still don't want to, but there are a few handful of people that can and want to think for themselves and help make Africa(AND THE WORLD) a better place, help them, help you... Because we have an abundance of resources on this continent that is still untapped, and rich nature that should be left alone to thrive...

[@ramonovazquez4351]

If the government enact policies to "help" the many while forgetting the individual, the country is destined to fail.

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

Mr Beast did more for Africa by drilling those water wells than the UN ever will...

[@daleweiss9507]

Just ask him.

[@henryrodgers1752]

The water wells use mechanical equipment to lift the water. Most of that equipment has broken down due to lack of proper maintenance, only 3 years later. They are little better off than they were.

[@SP95]

Thanks to him those many villages will now see their population quadruple while remaining as poor as before.

[@MoaRider]

@@SP95 I bet you're one of those people who screamed about him paying for people eye surgeries. Pathetic, man.

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

@@SP95 This is exactly what uneducated people don´t understand, you can´t give to poor people because they will quadruple in a century while still being poor.

[@alicemoller]

Very true they have a crab in the bucket mentality, if one crab is close to the top he getss pulled down.

[@deepwinter6799]

Leave them to their own devices, let them reap what they sow. We have problems of our own, and they’ve wasted our generosity.

[@MrDeathMachine]

Exactly. We sacrificed the stars for those assholes. Trillions in aid…we could have been on Mars by now.

[@bc9866]

You do realize the aid is just a cover up to take resources and cheap labor, right? If America and Europe were to completely pull out of Africa they'd both go into a deep economic and infrastructural degradation.

[@silverking2181]

Generosity 😂😂😂 Do you have any idea of what your "generosity" actually did to Africa ? Yes, Africa gas a part of responsibility, but blaming everything on Africa is incredibly dishonest. Read "l'empire qui ne voulait pas mourir : une histoire de la françafrique" ou encore "des billets et des bombes". You will see how "generous" you all actually are.

[@silverking2181]

​@@MrDeathMachineYou'd have been nowhere without the atrocities you committed in Africa, so stop seeing yourselves as some kinds of heroes and accept that your governments and the African corrupted ones are the actual assholes in this topic.

[@legalmexican]

Africa was better off as European colonies.

[@ChickenLover12380]

No it wasn’t it was worse

[@solinvictus2045]

​@@ChickenLover12380nope it wasn't

[@silverking2181]

​@@solinvictus2045It was way worse. Forced labor, rapes, almost no education (the schools were built by Africans with Africans' money (they had to pay taxes), but almost only white people could go to school), violent repressions for those who didn't obey, etc. So, it was not better at all.

[@campfireeverything]

Some African countries are about to get much worse than they are now. So I feel the original comment is quite right. Especially if you remove British colonies in Africa from the list, like Kenya, who look to remain stable.

[@8House]

Not only is that true but if they think the Europeans exploited them, wait until the Chinese are done with them.

[@DanielS-zq2rr]

The best type of aid would be investments, but there's nothing to invest in, because they are so poorly educated. Oh and also the corruption is a problem of course...

[@BrockSamson18]

We gave up the stars for Africa and we're still racists.

[@Da__goat]

Simple; If the population gets better, then other countries won’t give them free money to solve the problem. People profit off the foreign aid so there is no reason to keep people out of poverty

[@boulderbash19700209]

Reminds me a sentence in my country's (Indonesia) constitution, "The poors and orphans are maintained by the state." And people mocked it with, "The reason why there are so many poor people, is because the state maintains them successfully." 😅

[@philosopher1a]

You can NOT Give people prosperity they have to WORK for it themselves

[@Andre_XX]

Exactly right! What is more they have to WANT prosperity, but perhaps they don't want to live like us?

[@ripley6942]

yes. they have to work for it themselves. Just like the American settlers did on the plantations! Oh wait, they used slave labour 😬

[@philosopher1a]

@@ripley6942 ahh I know you think you made a witty quip but you actually illustrated my point even further Africa SOLD the world SLAVES and they have it there NOW ... How is that working out DOH!!

[@imopman]

In a culture with zero work ethic?

[@genewilliams617]

Actually, their corrupt govt puts ours to shame!

[@jamesbarbour8400]

And that's saying something !

[@ambinintsoahasina]

I was born and raised in Africa and lived there most of my life until I came to work in Europe. The problems are both the government and the people. The government for twisting funds and living in corruptions The people for wanting more and wasting things. When my life grew better while I was still there, I tried to help as much as I can. But it was a competition of jealousy and sabotage. They will choose to shoot themselves in the foot than being cooperative in building each other up. And if you give them free money, they will just feed up their addictions with it. If you tell them anything, they will say they received the money freely so they are entitled to so anything they want with it. My people are a lost cause truly.

[@KingK2205]

Which country?

[@ambinintsoahasina]

@@KingK2205 Madagascar

[@Rhodietoo]

The Savory Institute, based in Zimbabwe has done more through training and mentoring rural communities and commercial farmers in Holistic management/regenerative farming, restoring local ecosystems while increasing productivity of local farms.

[@KalonOrdona2]

Great video. Heart weeps for people under socialitism (starting to include us, too)

[@Ken-yf8zl]

The presenter failed to mention that many , if not all African countries are police states. Uganda is a case in point. Run by dictator Yoweri Museveni, a Rwandan, and his corrupt family. I have close Ugandan friends here in UK and many contacts in that country. Some living in Namukyeli in the Mbale district. The area is controlled by the local police with an iron fist. Of recent times, two ladies, independently, were taken by those police for failure to pay small debts. One was stripped and doused in water , daily , whilst imprisoned there, until I funded her release. The other was imprisoned for selling fruit at the roadside. She was forced to drink urine. I also funded her release, plus her subsequent hospitalisation. She was extremely ill. There were witnesses to both these events. It’s a money making business in Uganda and those abhorrent practices no doubt exist elsewhere on the African continent. The UK continues to pour aid into the pockets of the Museveni family. This is just one example.

[@hardcoretrout]

His ability to convey thoughts in understandable clarity is amazing.

[@markwolo2524]

The way I look at is , if you’re given financial aid , and still are all screwed up , you’re done . But we all can imagine who pushes the failed programs and where the money really ends up !

[@vry3555]

One word, corruption, the aid never reaches the common man where it would actually be used for the purpose it was given for.

[@nyarlat2609]

Even the common man is corrupt there, you miss the point

[@stuka80]

other nations have corruption yet the basics like clean water, plumbing and electricity functions. its not corruption, we all know what it is but its taboo to say.

[@mikhaelis]

All the money went to the greedy politicians.

[@zentriffid]

Just a point, while Singapore never identified as a socialist dictatorship, thats exactly what it is. Its not the political system that is the difference, its the culture.

[@Noote54]

The only reason Singapore is where it is today is due to its first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew

[@khanhgiapham-mi4hg]

He was a fascist and a failure.

[@stuka80]

ah, so if it wasn't for him, Singapore would be a primitive, disorganized mess like the rest of East Asia right? oh wait....seems like Asia is filled with Lee Kuan Yews, Africa on the other hand.....

[@paulroyal2177]

Excellent video. There are many additional reasons why Africa struggles. Transportation is very difficult as the continent is basically a plateau with an average elevation of 2,500 feet. That means there are few navigable rivers, needed for trade. Africa has a west-east "green belt" where there is water and food. But this green belt can move north or south. This means there may be border wars, for survival. China is a major investor in Africa. They've built bridges and train tracks. Africa is larger than China and the US placed side-by-side, and is very resource-rich. The tribalism mentality is a real obstacle to any progress.

[@jackdeniston59]

Botswana

[@dawnelder9046]

With the type of money received that could have been delt with. The technology is there. So while it might have been true 200 years ago, it is not an excuse now.

[@PAIP_Studio]

That is a lie... Africa does not look like this... They have skyscrapers. Just go in Google street view and look at any city... Cities like Luanda in Angola that has skyscrapers and a coastline that looks like Miami, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Benguela, N'Djamena, Port-Gentil, Bissau, Libreville, Al Fashir, Bosaso, Durban, Gqeberha.

[@daduzadude1547]

@@PAIP_Studionope,not a lie.

[@BunduBaz]

​@@PAIP_Studio only in the cities, majority of Africa is shacks and shacks and some houses, but mostly shacks

[@lifeimitateschess3768]

It does make you realise watching this video and reading the comments how unique (not perfect)our civilization is in the west

[@psyick9543]

One of several reasons I feel fine never donating a penny

[@neilreynolds3858]

90% of the penny goes to the nonprofit organization. The rest goes to the local politicians.

[@peterc3143]

“Tribalism” is a big part of the problem.

[@Wesley-eu7rn]

There's a connection between Africa being full of certain people we can't name and it being a mega money pit.

[@lewisblight-bp1dt]

Different people (races) appear to have different group levels of productivity. Africans, of the large groups, are, simply, the least productive. Perhaps aboriginal Australians, a smaller group, are even less productive.

[@skywardsword2804]

Wow, crazy seeing blatant racism here……

[@DsiakMondala]

@@lewisblight-bp1dt And it's not even close how bellow they are on productivity. Actual lost cause.

[@drewskij2175]

@@DsiakMondala I mean in theory, many of these races or groups of indigenous peoples (Native Americans, Sub Saharan Africans, Mesoamericans and Aboriginals) were living in the beginnings of the Stone Age when they were discovered by Europeans. So we do have a 4000 plus year advance. Without modern tech, sub Saharan Africans, Aboriginals and Native Americans would still be behind the Ancient Egyptians in terms of technology, mathematics and science. I mean shoot, they didn't really have a written language.

[@1wun1]

​@@drewskij2175 Many Africans were in the iron age instead, but the tech gap is real. People develop according to the danger that they face.

[@suprauro]

International aid isnt focus on helping people but to keep the status quo.

[@tagore161]

It's quite simple. It's the people. Greediness, inhumanity and tribalism.

[@kamogelok5315]

Every other Continent has a grown middle class that has been educated and can actually think consciously about what is better for a whole rather than the few. For many years it was only Royalty or upper classes who were afforded such free thought all of the world not just Africa by the way. Africa is still coming up, let them come up. P.s I am replying to everyone in the comments who show a lack of respect for Africans including Africans. Foreign Aid is being wasted by the greedy, sly foxes who have always been more cunning than the rest. Let Africa's middle class grow, how idk I am more focused on My Home, South Africa. I will do everything i can for the future because one guy mentioned it with an example of Burgersford those who dont want to change won't accept help. Enjoy the rest of your day guys 🙏 (I speak as a 2nd generation middle class Black kid, I see what you don't see, I speak to those who you look down upon and I agree the stubbornnes is crazy and annoying but they are still people. My people)

[@superdupermax]

50 Marshall Plans. We abandoned the stars for this... could have been colonizing Mars now. It was a fraction of that for the Moon missions

[@brendanstoran7555]

One word corruption!