Eritrea has finally figured it out - the tiny African nation sent a letter to the U.N., stating that it wants out of its long-term development agreement because the U.N. makes the problem worse, not better.
Their missive notes that “aid only postpones the basic solutions to crucial development problems by tentatively ameliorating their manifestations without tackling their root causes. The structural, political, economic, etc. damage that it inflicts upon recipient countries is also enormous.”
In other words, it masks - rather than addresses - the problems.
This would make the U.N. look really bad, if not for the fact that the U.N. is already well-known for its corruption and its general lack of efficacy. And while that country properly tells them to take a hike, the U.S. President bows down.
