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World AID Programs Don’t Work
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World AID Programs Don’t Work

The historic record of world aid in curing poverty is nearly unblemished: It has failed — and even produced increased poverty — decade after decade. ...
Kurt Williamsen

Poor people around the world often starve to death — that’s a fact of life. Starving is a lousy way to die — that’s also a fact. 

Here’s what it feels like to starve, according to an article by a prisoner who went on a hunger strike: For the first handful of days, you feel constantly hungry — empty. Then the stomach shrinks so that you don’t feel the emptiness, but in a short time, the weakness begins — movements are slower; energy is way down; and getting up quickly causes dizziness and nausea. The sense of smell becomes acute, but vision and hearing begin to fail. The body becomes gaunt, and blood vessels burst in the arms and face. Blurred and double vision begin, and the skin simply breaks open. At this point, starvation becomes painless until the retching begins, with the feeling that a bowel movement must be made, which is agonizing. Shortly after that, a coma sets in, and without medical intervention, death will come.

Short of death, starvation causes stunted growth, easier disease transmission, poor brain development in children, and more.

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