Foreign aid is another term for bribery

Western countries means the regime, either through military or intelligence agencies. Nowadays, they are increasingly using NGO's, and foundations. USAID should be a good example of an entity that bribes third world countries into providing favourable climates for western multinationals. I don't cite sources, because most of the sources on the internet are foundation funded, so what's the point? But if you want to entertain yourself, you can either read the book confessions of an economic hitman, or watch the video. The guy, John Perkins talks about this. He makes some interesting points, but also talks a lot of nonsense, so use your common sense when listening to him. He lures you in with truthful information, but most likely has an agenda. Just because I, or anyone else cites a source doesn't mean its true. There are plenty of liars who get published. In fact, I would argue that the people who tell the truth are the ones who will be denied a voice. Rich people own all the publishing companies, and they get to decide who gets heard. If the U.S. regime gives Singapore $1 million in aid, then it will expect back all kinds of things. One of the things is to give concessions to western multinational corporations, but Singapore will also be expected to conform to U.S. military demands. So maybe Singapore will gives concessions to American Standard toilets. The idea here is that Singaporians can make their own toilets, but instead, they import expensive toilets from American corporations instead. This is at a disadvantage to the ordinary Singaporian, but Lee Hsien Loong does not care because he is receiving bribes from the U.S. regime. It's not just the U.S. regime that does it. France, Britain, Canada, and Germany all do it. It's actually the choice of the Singaporian citizen. Just because Singapore leader (Lee Hsien Loong) gets his palm greased, does not mean that the ordinary Singaporians get anything out of it. That's how corruption works. It is not meant to benefit the entire population. If anything, they lose something by buying overpriced western products. Starbucks is another example. Lee Hsien Loong allows Starbucks concessions in Singapore in exchange for bribes. What ends up happening is that Singaporians spend their hard earned cash on really expensive coffee, as opposed to home grown tea. This is in direct conflict with local tea shops. Starbucks effectively puts the local tea shops out of business, and denies the local merchants an opportunity. If Lee Hsien Loong wasn't corrupt, then Singaporians would be buying tea from their compatriots. Instead of it being a free market, Lee Hsien Loong has given western corporations an artificial advantage. In essence, what you have here is a dictatorship, where Lee Hsien Loong gets to decide who gets what. He gets the bribes, peddles western products to his people, and the people lose. This is why the west hates North Korea so much, because they actually put their own people first, and deny Starbucks, American Standard, Samsung, and Apple the opportunity to loot the country. And it's usually the same thug corporations like Samsung, and Apple who fund the attempted overthrow of governments like North Korea. Wake up. This is the internet, and information is filtered by the ruling class of the United States. If they are the guilty party, why would they allow this kind of information so easily? Even if I do make citations, so what? Why should anyone trust these quackademics? The important thing is to think for yourself, and not let some phd do the thinking for you. Anything that is available on the internet and books that challenge the establishment is most likely controlled opposition. No one really dares to genuinely publish information that is damning of the west, because if they do, the west will retaliate with sanctions, and or aggression. I am using the $1m-$10m example. It's not extreme at all. If you look at how much wealth the west has compared with the third world, then this hyperbole is perfectly plausible. Think about it, the west doesn't really have that much to offer to the world really. If you look at the history of the west, it really has no accomplishments to speak of up until 300 years ago, and it was only when it started robbing other countries and practicing this aggressive bribery that they began to prosper, and it's the only way they will continue to prosper. There is nothing else their prosperity is based on.