

The fuck is wrong with the world?
If headlines flashed a picture of starving children in Africa … someone would help.
If headlines flashed a picture of starving children in Canada … government would step in to do something.
If headlines flashed a picture of starving children in Europe … countries would mobilize to do something.
If headlines flash pictures of starving children in Palestine!!! TURN THE PAGE, nothing to see here, nothing can be done, just ignore it for as long possible, nothing to see here.
Definitely old enough to remember 1980s famine relief … and also old enough to remember in the 90s when Bono from U2 saying that the whole famine relief thing was a joke … because they raised enough money in the millions to pay off the interest payments of some of the starving countries FOR ONE YEAR!! … the criticism was that the performers were raising money to feed starving people, while first world countries handed out enormous loans with interest payments that more or less cancelled out any humanitarian aid they gave the countries.
The whole system is a joke … first world countries keep third world countries from developing beyond a certain point to keep them under control to access their resources, then give them humanitarian aid to keep them from starving, while making the same amount of money off them by making them pay for the debt on the loans they gave them.
So in a round about way, first world countries have a hand in keeping African countries starving, but make themselves feel good by giving aid … but make themselves feel even better because they recoup that money and more through loan payments and interest … essentially making money off starving people.