So, we\’ve rather a large number of people in this country who keep telling us that community, local interaction, webs of social exchange rather than global markets, make us all much richer in a truly real sense (hey, pick your favourite idiot that does in fact argue this) than these mere physical belongings which filthy lucre brings us. You know, food, shelter, clothing and the like.
We\’re also told, by those very same people often enough, that people living in those African villages have the \”community, local interaction, webs of social exchange rather than global markets\” coming out of their ears and that they are, in a truly real sense, much richer than we are.
So, why are we sending them aid instead of they sending it to us?
Seeing as their richness lies in their human capital, I rather think they are sending us aid 😉
Because, despite Serf’s accurate observation, our riches are fundamentally more portable?
Is this not just a justification for importing half of africa into the UK and Europe.
So, why are we sending them aid instead of they sending it to us?
I’ll modestly assume this refers to my mobilisation to Nigeria tomorrow.