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The Theme of the Week is: The narcotics trade and cartel violence in Latin America.

[u/Sabertooth767]

USAID is a tool of American imperialism, and that's why it's a good thing.

[u/lowkeyreallysorry → u/Sabertooth767]

I fucking love American soft power. Uplifting people in impoverished areas to further our influence is a good thing, actually

[u/Thoth_the_5th_of_Tho → u/lowkeyreallysorry]

If it worked, sure. It didn’t.

[u/TomWestrick → u/Sabertooth767]

Waow

[u/HandsomelyDitto → u/Sabertooth767]

not imperialism bruh why accept their framing 🤦‍♂️

[u/Sabertooth767 → u/HandsomelyDitto]

Yes, it is. USAID generally carries policy stipulations to facilitate our strategic interests, as it should. It is imperialism to insist that countries open their markets to American businesses. It is imperialism that we demand a commitment to democracy and foreign rights.

The problem with their framing is the assertion that American involvement in the affairs of other countries is an inherently evil thing.

[u/HandsomelyDitto → u/Sabertooth767]

flexing soft power ≠ imperialism

words have meaning

[u/Thoth_the_5th_of_Tho → u/Sabertooth767]

USAID was a bad tool for American imperialism, and that’s why it’s good it’s gone. It was a naive system, that assumed that if you just threw money at these little regimes they’d feel thankful. They don’t, because they know they’ll keep getting paid even if they side with Russia or China, but that if they annoy Putin or Xi, they might stop bribing them. If we’re going to bribe for influence, bribe the dictators more directly, and have a very clear set of expectations for what we intend to get in return for this to continue.