Another perceptive article by Mister Bell. One bone of contention is his curious opinion
that “the government and donors…deserve great sympathy and consideration”…for the very problems their coital relationship has spawned.
Heaps of profiteering on the backs of
average citizens “deserves great sympathy and consideration” because...the
bullies are experiencing conjugal problems (coitus
interruptus between the donors and government) of how to move forward
with…likely more of the same? Six decades of feeding off impoverished citizens
is enough.
The Nepali people have long been without a
champion, those who come to assist often end up aligning with patriarchal,
ruling conservatives and the entitled establishment (with unmerited power and privilege), thus perpetuating a deathly
tragedy.
With over 100,000 I/NGOs operating in
Nepal, and sixty years of ‘development work’ you might imagine it to be a
dazzling gem of advancement on par with Switzerland…instead, Nepal has been
stagnant if not backsliding. The only thing that appears to be dazzling are the
salaries, perks and lifestyle of the ‘donor darlings’ and the ruling class and
government functionaries fostered by ‘aid’.
In fact, rather than receiving sympathy and
consideration, the bullies themselves would do well to have sympathy and
consideration for the society from which they profit, especially considering
that their lucrative employment places them in the top 1% of the society that
they traveled overseas to change.
The 99% have to put up with INGO bullies
and the government bullies they undergird -- a government bottom feeding in
annual corruption indices. Let the I/NGOs and diplomats at least consider that
over half century of aid has propped up and bolstered the myopic old-guard
ideology and its oppressive ways and means with lethal results.
Conservative rulers have dominated for
centuries, and their leadership has done immeasurable harm to Nepal. Yet,
wayward leaders and their entourage are continually able to bend the ears,
minds and hearts of diplomats, donors and expats in their favor (often fueled
by drinking rumpuses and banquet dinners).
The dereliction of office is tantamount to
waging war on Nepali citizens. The real effects of malfeasance can certainly be
as ravenous as war (e.g., sections of Kathmandu, including the Bagmati and
Vishnumati rivers were post-apocalyptic pre-quake).
Is it then too far-fetched to suggest that
blood is also on the hands of the ‘donor darlings’ and diplomats for abetting
(knowingly or through lethal ignorance) a dysfunctional system that imperils
the general population causing harm and suffering up to death of men, women,
children and infants?
They have even driven many sons and
daughters out of Nepal--robbed of opportunity in their motherland--to take on great
risks and unmanageable loans to pursue work abroad. Frequently, they end up as
slaves with no homeland representation, and on average, over thirty people die
every month and their corpses are sent home in body bags.
The Nepali people don’t need to have
sympathy for the bullies in government and from abroad interfering and throwing
up obstacles and prolonging hopes of real change for the better.
Remove the deadweight, cancerous
bureaucrats, politicians and I/NGOs and give the people the freedom to follow their own
dreams with their own capabilities and efforts unencumbered by smarmy donors,
diplomats and politicians.
#ThomasBell #NepalQuake #Corruption #FreeNepal
#ThomasBell #NepalQuake #Corruption #FreeNepal