Reddit reviews The Lords of Poverty: The Power, Prestige, and Corruption of the International Aid Business
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My parents were aid workers.
They made me read this when I was 14.
Hancock is the man. Oh, and he's even been a truther since well before his ancient history research:
The Lords of Poverty: the power, prestige, and corruption of the international aid business [Graham Hancock, 1989]
I am currently reading/read:
And a million and one others, just the ones I've come into contact with in the past few days.
https://www.amazon.com/Lords-Poverty-Prestige-Corruption-International/dp/0871134691
It's a great read, prompted some.big changes at the time. I'd consider it a must read for anyone interested in how global charities work
> Lol, veto powers Russia and China
You know who else has veto power?
Yep, the US. Which means: the UN can never be used against the US.
Can China and Russia stop the US from using UN resolutions for its own nefarious ends? Yep. That means that on occasion, it is a tool that the US cannot use. But in cases where Russia and China can be made to acquiesce, or bought off, it is an excellent tool with which to fool the damn fool internationalist liberals of the sort that fill the Donkle party.
See e.g. the use the US made of UN resolutions against Iraq.
And that is not even the worst of it. Even UN aid agencies are suspect, western corporate interest-influenced cats paws:
http://www.amazon.com/Lords-Poverty-Prestige-Corruption-International/dp/0871134691
Sorry bub, but the dumb, uninformed, brainwashed fool here is you.