The United States of America is one of the largest contributors to the common good of emerging nations and we have given more in money and aid to these nations than the combine total of all other nations and all of their contributions. But some say the money does not get to where it needs to go and they complain that the Western World thinks that they are better than everyone else and that this soft bigotry is actually hurting the forward progression of many of the poorer nations. Is the United States of America along with the NGOs and the United Nation holding back these emerging nations? Is our soft bigotry allowing us to create low expectations of what must be done and settling for less than what should be done? Do we too easily blame those that we help and say that there is no use, that it is not working and that those people do not care. In many parts of Africa for instance all-white people are now hated and the same thing goes for many countries and South America and in Indonesia. Many of the consultants not understanding the culture simply dismiss them as savages. Are we treating the emerging nations and the people that run those countries as just stupid natives, when we should be educating them, mentoring them and believing that they will succeed as we help them through the process of bringing a stronger quality of life and standard of living to their villages and people. Perhaps you'll consider this in 2006 and the philosophical arguments that it contains. |
