>> 21/01/19(Tue)10:42:36pm No. 9170 >>9147 >>9148 "Foreign aid" is very often code for either: A) weapons and propaganda to support violent coups against democratically elected governments (because they reject US imperialism), or B) weapons and propaganda to support unelected puppet governments which only have power because of A. Take Venezuela for example. The Venezuelan government won't let US companies take their oil, so the US picks a random idiot who has never won an election and declared him president. Then they economically blockade the country, pour tons of money into a massive propaganda campaign, and even try to sneak insurgents in to carry out terrorist attacks. That's all paid for through things like USAID in the guise of "spreading democracy". The same shit has happened with half of Latin America and half the Middle East, plus many others. The US aid budget isn't a measure of how much it cares about helping other countries. It's a measure of how much it cares about subjugating other countries to expand its empire.