Lessons From Black Africa

[PoliticalChic]

“If you give a man a fish, he will be hungry tomorrow. If you teach a man to fish, he will be richer forever.”

So….why do we keep giving out fishes???



1.The politics of our nation centers, largely, on minorities and on poverty. The differences between Democrats and Republicans can be boiled down to a discussion of how to improve those groups, the ones that largely determine our elections. We have a huge welfare system that has spent some $22 trillion since Democrat Lyndon Johnson instituted his war on poverty…and it appears that poverty has won. The poverty rate is nearly the same as it was about three generations back.

We’re doing something wrong…..if the mission is the alleviation of poverty.

2.”Dambisa Moyo, in full Dambisa Felicia Moyo, (born September 15, 1969, Lusaka, Zambia), Zambian economist and writer whose books, articles, and public lectures centre on the creation of wealth and the perpetuation of poverty in a global economy. Much of her writing focuses on the dynamic interrelationships between impoverished states of her native Africa, emerging economies such as China, and established wealthy societies such as the United States.” Britannica.com

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3. Dr. Moyo asks why the majority of sub-Saharan countries ‘flounder in a seemingly never-ending cycle of corruption, disease, poverty and aid-dependency,’ despite the fact that their countries have received more than $300 billion in development assistance since 1970. And her answer is that African countries are poor precisely because of all that aid!

The most aid-dependent countries have exhibited an average annual growth rate of minus 0.2 per cent. Between 1970 and 1998, with aid to Africa at its peak, the poverty rate in Africa rose from 11% to a staggering 66%.



4. “African countries are poor precisely because of all that aid!” And the minorities that Democrats/Liberals claim to intend to help are poor and helpless for exactly that same reason.



5. Now….if Democrats believe said minorities are inferior, incapable of doing what every other immigrant group has done, then continuing the ‘welfare system’ might be appropriate.

But if equality functions across racial lines….then Dambisa Moyo has a message for you.

 

[Polishprince]

“If you give a man a fish, he will be hungry tomorrow. If you teach a man to fish, he will be richer forever.”

So….why do we keep giving out fishes???



1.The politics of our nation centers, largely, on minorities and on poverty. The differences between Democrats and Republicans can be boiled down to a discussion of how to improve those groups, the ones that largely determine our elections. We have a huge welfare system that has spent some $22 trillion since Democrat Lyndon Johnson instituted his war on poverty…and it appears that poverty has won. The poverty rate is nearly the same as it was about three generations back.

We’re doing something wrong…..if the mission is the alleviation of poverty.

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2.”Dambisa Moyo, in full Dambisa Felicia Moyo, (born September 15, 1969, Lusaka, Zambia), Zambian economist and writer whose books, articles, and public lectures centre on the creation of wealth and the perpetuation of poverty in a global economy. Much of her writing focuses on the dynamic interrelationships between impoverished states of her native Africa, emerging economies such as China, and established wealthy societies such as the United States.” Britannica.com

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3. Dr. Moyo asks why the majority of sub-Saharan countries ‘flounder in a seemingly never-ending cycle of corruption, disease, poverty and aid-dependency,’ despite the fact that their countries have received more than $300 billion in development assistance since 1970. And her answer is that African countries are poor precisely because of all that aid!

The most aid-dependent countries have exhibited an average annual growth rate of minus 0.2 per cent. Between 1970 and 1998, with aid to Africa at its peak, the poverty rate in Africa rose from 11% to a staggering 66%.



4. “African countries are poor precisely because of all that aid!” And the minorities that Democrats/Liberals claim to intend to help are poor and helpless for exactly that same reason.



5. Now….if Democrats believe said minorities are inferior, incapable of doing what every other immigrant group has done, then continuing the ‘welfare system’ might be appropriate.

But if equality functions across racial lines….then Dambisa Moyo has a message for you.

That's a good point.

The most prosperous African country back in the day was the Union of South Africa, that was the target of international hatred for decades over their bigotry against black people. They were banned from receiving aid, and thrived as a result.

 

[PoliticalChic]

6. Ms. Moyo makes sound point not only for Africa, but apply equally to America, and the Left’s claim to aid minorities:



Deep in every liberal sensibility is a profound sense that in a world of moral uncertainty one idea is sacred, on belief cannot be compromised: the rich should help the poor, and the form of that help should be aid.

The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth. Millions in Africa are poorer today because of aid: misery and poverty have not ended but have increased. Aid has been and continues to be, an unmitigated political, economic, and humanitarian disaster for most parts of the developing world.



With the rise of neo-liberal thinking, that African governments should liberalize their economies in favor of the laissez-faire paradigm, which encompassed, and acknowledged the importance of private markets, a model that worked well in the Asian tigers, there was a missing ingredient. Many of these newly capitalized nations were hardly conversant with the stability and transparency necessary for success. The movement took a turn toward ‘corruption.’



This is only valuable insight and advice, if the Left actually intends to help minorities. If the actual plan is to keep said groups on Uncle Sam’s Plantation (Star Parker), then, of course, it is to be ignored.

 

[harmonica]

“If you give a man a fish, he will be hungry tomorrow. If you teach a man to fish, he will be richer forever.”

So….why do we keep giving out fishes???



1.The politics of our nation centers, largely, on minorities and on poverty. The differences between Democrats and Republicans can be boiled down to a discussion of how to improve those groups, the ones that largely determine our elections. We have a huge welfare system that has spent some $22 trillion since Democrat Lyndon Johnson instituted his war on poverty…and it appears that poverty has won. The poverty rate is nearly the same as it was about three generations back.

We’re doing something wrong…..if the mission is the alleviation of poverty.

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2.”Dambisa Moyo, in full Dambisa Felicia Moyo, (born September 15, 1969, Lusaka, Zambia), Zambian economist and writer whose books, articles, and public lectures centre on the creation of wealth and the perpetuation of poverty in a global economy. Much of her writing focuses on the dynamic interrelationships between impoverished states of her native Africa, emerging economies such as China, and established wealthy societies such as the United States.” Britannica.com

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3. Dr. Moyo asks why the majority of sub-Saharan countries ‘flounder in a seemingly never-ending cycle of corruption, disease, poverty and aid-dependency,’ despite the fact that their countries have received more than $300 billion in development assistance since 1970. And her answer is that African countries are poor precisely because of all that aid!

The most aid-dependent countries have exhibited an average annual growth rate of minus 0.2 per cent. Between 1970 and 1998, with aid to Africa at its peak, the poverty rate in Africa rose from 11% to a staggering 66%.



4. “African countries are poor precisely because of all that aid!” And the minorities that Democrats/Liberals claim to intend to help are poor and helpless for exactly that same reason.



5. Now….if Democrats believe said minorities are inferior, incapable of doing what every other immigrant group has done, then continuing the ‘welfare system’ might be appropriate.

But if equality functions across racial lines….then Dambisa Moyo has a message for you.

....they were poor/etc before that aid
...they were living in the stone age when Europe was building highly complex windmills/ships/trains/etc
..a lot of them didn't even have a written language

....similar to the Native Americas = a lot of people say some of their problems are geography and climate---WELL, the NAs were in the same place as the whites, but never advanced

..the Dutch built highly complex windmills [ in the 1400s!! ] to turn 20% of their marshland into farmland--and this TINY country feeds the WORLD!!!!!
--they took non-arable land and made it arable
2nd largest food exporter in the world

Farming for the future: why the Netherlands is one of the largest food exporters in the world | DutchReview

The Dutch agriculture sector is one of the largest exporters of agricultural goods. How is that possible? And how will the climate crisis affect it?

dutchreview.com

How the Netherlands Feeds the World

The Netherlands has become an agricultural giant by showing what the future of farming could look like.

www.nationalgeographic.com

...I knew a real African American --great guy.....we were great friends ....we would discuss Africa/etc......he said the Africans didn't advance because there was no need for them to advance.....but you could say that about Europe, etc

...yes, the colonial countries ''''''raped'''' Africa/etc......and there was a lot of upheaval in the 60's/etc because the colonial powers were leaving ....a lot of conflicts and wars--power struggles---wars that made advancement and even farming and distribution chaotic--BUT, they were not advanced before the colonial powers ''''raped'' them

..they are still erratic in basic farming techniques

 

[PoliticalChic]

“If you give a man a fish, he will be hungry tomorrow. If you teach a man to fish, he will be richer forever.”

So….why do we keep giving out fishes???



1.The politics of our nation centers, largely, on minorities and on poverty. The differences between Democrats and Republicans can be boiled down to a discussion of how to improve those groups, the ones that largely determine our elections. We have a huge welfare system that has spent some $22 trillion since Democrat Lyndon Johnson instituted his war on poverty…and it appears that poverty has won. The poverty rate is nearly the same as it was about three generations back.

We’re doing something wrong…..if the mission is the alleviation of poverty.

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2.”Dambisa Moyo, in full Dambisa Felicia Moyo, (born September 15, 1969, Lusaka, Zambia), Zambian economist and writer whose books, articles, and public lectures centre on the creation of wealth and the perpetuation of poverty in a global economy. Much of her writing focuses on the dynamic interrelationships between impoverished states of her native Africa, emerging economies such as China, and established wealthy societies such as the United States.” Britannica.com

Worth reading:
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3. Dr. Moyo asks why the majority of sub-Saharan countries ‘flounder in a seemingly never-ending cycle of corruption, disease, poverty and aid-dependency,’ despite the fact that their countries have received more than $300 billion in development assistance since 1970. And her answer is that African countries are poor precisely because of all that aid!

The most aid-dependent countries have exhibited an average annual growth rate of minus 0.2 per cent. Between 1970 and 1998, with aid to Africa at its peak, the poverty rate in Africa rose from 11% to a staggering 66%.



4. “African countries are poor precisely because of all that aid!” And the minorities that Democrats/Liberals claim to intend to help are poor and helpless for exactly that same reason.



5. Now….if Democrats believe said minorities are inferior, incapable of doing what every other immigrant group has done, then continuing the ‘welfare system’ might be appropriate.

But if equality functions across racial lines….then Dambisa Moyo has a message for you.

....they were poor/etc before that aid
...they were living in the stone age when Europe was building highly complex windmills/ships/trains/etc
..a lot of them didn't even have a written language

....similar to the Native Americas = a lot of people say some of their problems are geography and climate---WELL, the NAs were in the same place as the whites, but never advanced

..the Dutch built highly complex windmills [ in the 1400s!! ] to turn 20% of their marshland into farmland--and this TINY country feeds the WORLD!!!!!
--they took non-arable land and made it arable
2nd largest food exporter in the world

Farming for the future: why the Netherlands is one of the largest food exporters in the world | DutchReview

The Dutch agriculture sector is one of the largest exporters of agricultural goods. How is that possible? And how will the climate crisis affect it?

dutchreview.com

How the Netherlands Feeds the World

The Netherlands has become an agricultural giant by showing what the future of farming could look like.

www.nationalgeographic.com

...I knew a real African American --great guy.....we were great friends ....we would discuss Africa/etc......he said the Africans didn't advance because there was no need for them to advance.....but you could say that about Europe, etc

...yes, the colonial countries ''''''raped'''' Africa/etc......and there was a lot of upheaval in the 60's/etc because the colonial powers were leaving ....a lot of conflicts and wars--power struggles---wars that made advancement and even farming and distribution chaotic--BUT, they were not advanced before the colonial powers ''''raped'' them

..they are still erratic in basic farming techniques

"....he said the Africans didn't advance because there was no need for them to advance..... "


Ms. Moyo is making that same point.


And it applies here in America as well: Liberals have convinced many minorities that they have no need to improve themselves, because of some imagined racism by whites that will prevent success.

 

[PoliticalChic]

7. Let’s see how 60 years of Liberal/Democrat "help" has succeeded for minorities:

Real Median Household Income by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1967 to 2012 - Rural Migration News | Migration Dialogue

migration.ucdavis.edu

“It was the misfortune of black Americans that they were just on the verge of passing through the immigrant experience when damaging ideas about welfare and the lenient attitude about crime took hold. It could have happened to the Italians, Germans, Jews or Irish, but luckily for them, there were no Liberals around to “help” when they arrived.” Coulter

 

[PoliticalChic]

The Democrat Party cannot win any election without the black vote......(or, without Dominion voting machines)....and they don't mind injuring that voting block to do so.
The teach black Americans the lie that whites are their enemies.....and they teach them this deeply injurious lie, too:



8. “One of the most heartbreaking phrases in the English language is “learned helplessness.” Here’s how Psychology Today explains it:

Learned helplessness occurs when an individual continuously faces a negative, uncontrollable situation and stops trying to change their circumstances, even when they have the ability to do so.

The term was coined in 1967 by the American psychologists Martin Seligman and Steven Maier. The pair was conducting research on animal behavior that involved delivering electric shocks to dogs. Dogs who learned that they couldn’t escape the shock stopped trying in subsequent experiments, even when it became possible to avoid the shock by jumping over a barrier.”
https://stream.org/like-cruel-scien...ocrats-want-to-teach-us-learned-helplessness/



And that is the basis of the Democrat/Liberal effort to keep minorities voting for their saviors, the party.

 

[2aguy]

“If you give a man a fish, he will be hungry tomorrow. If you teach a man to fish, he will be richer forever.”

So….why do we keep giving out fishes???



1.The politics of our nation centers, largely, on minorities and on poverty. The differences between Democrats and Republicans can be boiled down to a discussion of how to improve those groups, the ones that largely determine our elections. We have a huge welfare system that has spent some $22 trillion since Democrat Lyndon Johnson instituted his war on poverty…and it appears that poverty has won. The poverty rate is nearly the same as it was about three generations back.

We’re doing something wrong…..if the mission is the alleviation of poverty.

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2.”Dambisa Moyo, in full Dambisa Felicia Moyo, (born September 15, 1969, Lusaka, Zambia), Zambian economist and writer whose books, articles, and public lectures centre on the creation of wealth and the perpetuation of poverty in a global economy. Much of her writing focuses on the dynamic interrelationships between impoverished states of her native Africa, emerging economies such as China, and established wealthy societies such as the United States.” Britannica.com

Worth reading:
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3. Dr. Moyo asks why the majority of sub-Saharan countries ‘flounder in a seemingly never-ending cycle of corruption, disease, poverty and aid-dependency,’ despite the fact that their countries have received more than $300 billion in development assistance since 1970. And her answer is that African countries are poor precisely because of all that aid!

The most aid-dependent countries have exhibited an average annual growth rate of minus 0.2 per cent. Between 1970 and 1998, with aid to Africa at its peak, the poverty rate in Africa rose from 11% to a staggering 66%.



4. “African countries are poor precisely because of all that aid!” And the minorities that Democrats/Liberals claim to intend to help are poor and helpless for exactly that same reason.



5. Now….if Democrats believe said minorities are inferior, incapable of doing what every other immigrant group has done, then continuing the ‘welfare system’ might be appropriate.

But if equality functions across racial lines….then Dambisa Moyo has a message for you.

The democrat party translation of that old saying...

If you teach a man to fish, he doesn't need you anymore....so you give him half a fish, so he will need to come back for the other half....then you own him forever.....

 

[PoliticalChic]

“If you give a man a fish, he will be hungry tomorrow. If you teach a man to fish, he will be richer forever.”

So….why do we keep giving out fishes???



1.The politics of our nation centers, largely, on minorities and on poverty. The differences between Democrats and Republicans can be boiled down to a discussion of how to improve those groups, the ones that largely determine our elections. We have a huge welfare system that has spent some $22 trillion since Democrat Lyndon Johnson instituted his war on poverty…and it appears that poverty has won. The poverty rate is nearly the same as it was about three generations back.

We’re doing something wrong…..if the mission is the alleviation of poverty.

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2.”Dambisa Moyo, in full Dambisa Felicia Moyo, (born September 15, 1969, Lusaka, Zambia), Zambian economist and writer whose books, articles, and public lectures centre on the creation of wealth and the perpetuation of poverty in a global economy. Much of her writing focuses on the dynamic interrelationships between impoverished states of her native Africa, emerging economies such as China, and established wealthy societies such as the United States.” Britannica.com

Worth reading:
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3. Dr. Moyo asks why the majority of sub-Saharan countries ‘flounder in a seemingly never-ending cycle of corruption, disease, poverty and aid-dependency,’ despite the fact that their countries have received more than $300 billion in development assistance since 1970. And her answer is that African countries are poor precisely because of all that aid!

The most aid-dependent countries have exhibited an average annual growth rate of minus 0.2 per cent. Between 1970 and 1998, with aid to Africa at its peak, the poverty rate in Africa rose from 11% to a staggering 66%.



4. “African countries are poor precisely because of all that aid!” And the minorities that Democrats/Liberals claim to intend to help are poor and helpless for exactly that same reason.



5. Now….if Democrats believe said minorities are inferior, incapable of doing what every other immigrant group has done, then continuing the ‘welfare system’ might be appropriate.

But if equality functions across racial lines….then Dambisa Moyo has a message for you.

The democrat party translation of that old saying...

If you teach a man to fish, he doesn't need you anymore....so you give him half a fish, so he will need to come back for the other half....then you own him forever.....

I agree......they have no intention to make minorities self-sufficient.


Let's give the Devil his due....and I mean that as the operative word......the plan works.


With Trump being the greatest benefactor to minorities, still only 12% were willing to confront the dogma and vote Republican.


We must take back the agency of indoctrination, the school system.

 

[PoliticalChic]

9. Economist Moyo goes on to warn against listening to celebrities:



“Moyo believes that dependency on aid “undermines the ability of Africans, whatever their station, to determine their own best economic and political policies”.

She is rightly angry about the way Africa's elected officials and policymakers have often been excluded from the debate, and had little opportunity to argue the merits and demerits of aid, and alternative answers: “This very important responsibility has, for all intents and purposes, and to the bewilderment and chagrin of many an African, been left to musicians who reside outside Africa.” Since the situation remains bleak, western activists tend to press for further aid in an attempt to make things better….put Africans in control of their own destiny, and give small-scale business people and entrepreneurs the opportunities that they have had elsewhere.

I suggest that Bono buys a copy of Dead Aid and claps Bob Geldof over the head with it, repeatedly.”

The same advice applies to African-Americans ignoring Democrat ‘celebrities.’