But my vaguely socialist past is now buried. I worry about profit margins. I suggest to rural Jamaicans crops that will yield higher financial rewards. I administer schools so as to increase human capital potential. I have become a member of the worldwide team of development workers, seeking to extend the manners and mores of capitalism to every corner of the earth so that no one will be left out of the New and Improved Economic Order that is upon us.
Development is a bit of a messy process.
The first step is to tell people that they are poor and ignorant. Even in my new role as an agent of capitalism I might have some qualms about this step, but fortunately it no longer has to be done. People have been told for a long time that they are underdeveloped and don't have proper work habits or entrepreneurial skills. Their media and government have fed them on the comfort and luxury of the industrialized countries, which could be theirs if only they would change their ways. Of course, people don't sacrifice their dignity without some ill effects.