Look, I donāt know what Iām failing to communicate here, but I absolute understand that. What Iām saying is that even if someone around here wanted to pretend what they were doing was good for people in Africa it would be to say that theyād be better off without our help. That us giving money to dictators that just end up spending it poorly is doing more harm than good, and Africa would be better off without us. Thatās the opposite of a white savior complex.
Heck, if we werenāt also supporting dictators in other ways for the purpose of exploiting the people and resources of Africa while maintaining a degree of plausible deniability I might even agree with that.
Mostly though, they donāt talk about Africa, because they donāt think about Africa, because they donāt even pretend to care about Africa.
Charity to Africa is not about saving anything, itās about pretending to do something good
Look, I donāt know what Iām failing to communicate here, but I absolute understand that. What Iām saying is that even if someone around here wanted to pretend what they were doing was good for people in Africa it would be to say that theyād be better off without our help. That us giving money to dictators that just end up spending it poorly is doing more harm than good, and Africa would be better off without us. Thatās the opposite of a white savior complex.
Heck, if we werenāt also supporting dictators in other ways for the purpose of exploiting the people and resources of Africa while maintaining a degree of plausible deniability I might even agree with that.
Mostly though, they donāt talk about Africa, because they donāt think about Africa, because they donāt even pretend to care about Africa.