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well last time they claimed to be giving vaccines in pakistan it was to collect genetic information against a us target.
You're getting downvoted... but this did happen, and is likely to blame for polio's continued presence in western pakistan. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-cia-fake-vacc...
Payments like these can be interpreted as buying a state's benevolence (aka corruption), something that Soros is regularly accused of.
I'm sure there are quite a few NGOs that are more efficient in fighting polio than the Nigerian government.
Likewise, should we pay Kim Jong Un to feed hungry North Koreans if it were possible to send them food directly?
Can't they just help more directly to eradicate polio instead of paying a corrupt government to do it? Payments like these can be interpreted as buying a state's benevolence (aka corruption), something that Soros is regularly accused of. I'm sure there are quite a few NGOs that are more efficient in fighting polio than the Nigerian government. Likewise, should we pay Kim Jong Un to feed hungry North Koreans if it wer…
(P.S. Cheque’s in the post, right, George?)
Can't they just help more directly to eradicate polio instead of paying a corrupt government to do it? Payments like these can be interpreted as buying a state's benevolence (aka corruption), something that Soros is regularly accused of. I'm sure there are quite a few NGOs that are more efficient in fighting polio than the Nigerian government. Likewise, should we pay Kim Jong Un to feed hungry North Koreans if it wer…
Judging from the statistics quoted in the article, the government has almost eradicated polio in Nigeria. Pretty effective, no? (P.S. Cheque’s in the post, right, George?)
A book by Jeffrey Sachs, The End of Poverty, argues in favor of this approach where, wealthy individuals or nations help write off debt of poorer countries. The cost of servicing this debt is often crushing enough that no meaningful uplifit is possible from their current poverty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Poverty
In the Jeffrey Sachs model.
Can't they just help more directly to eradicate polio instead of paying a corrupt government to do it? Payments like these can be interpreted as buying a state's benevolence (aka corruption), something that Soros is regularly accused of. I'm sure there are quite a few NGOs that are more efficient in fighting polio than the Nigerian government. Likewise, should we pay Kim Jong Un to feed hungry North Koreans if it wer…
I'd think the Gates' foundation would have paid Japan directly avoiding all of the problems you mentioned.
Nigeria loses tens of billions of dollars a year to corruption, especially in their oil industry, especially among politicians. If I was Nigerian, I would find this sort of charity to be very embarrassing.
Meanwhile, America isn't a shining example, we just passed a tax cut for the rich at a huge cost to the health of the poor. And the government is seriously considering whether to take away health coverage for poor kids despite the cbo saying it would actually cost more money to do so.
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Gates is worshipped by most millennials, including the techies. For those of us who've been around for a while - as your reference to Slashdot points out - this can be surprising considering just how hated he was a decade or two ago when Microsoft was in a much different position than they are now. I still have a negative opinion of him, and feel his business practices were extremely negative to the world. But I will…
Microsoft did some shitty things. But really, the main thing people worry about was bundling a browser with the OS for free 20 years ago . Take a look at some of the shit companies are getting away with these days without a quarter of the hate. You think spending billions of his own money every single year is about cleaning up his image over the anti-trust case? Give me a break.
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Having read Slashdot 15 years ago, a part of me is shocked to hear anyone wish that Bill Gates stays rich. But don't worry, Bill will be just fine.
Gates is worshipped by most millennials, including the techies. For those of us who've been around for a while - as your reference to Slashdot points out - this can be surprising considering just how hated he was a decade or two ago when Microsoft was in a much different position than they are now. I still have a negative opinion of him, and feel his business practices were extremely negative to the world. But I will…
You can't accomplish anything in this life without being hated for it.