Arguably, the people behind these things are changing the world - into something they want to see.
I have met and worked with these do-gooders here in DC. I guess their hearts are in the right places....
They want to (The UN and NGOs)
- More mental health services
- More women in education
- More people living in cities (and not doing subsistence agriculture)
Why shouldn't Dakar look like Dallas?
But
Why should Dakar look like Dallas?
These same people are also behind the IMF and The World Bank.
They were not helping to build physical infrastructure - not like China - and all we hear overhere is that it's a debt trap....
They certainly were not helping with controlling natural resources or industrialization.
At least the Soviets tried - Ajaokuta Steel Mill - Wikipedia
This is after the West and related parties have undermined and continue to undermine regular Africans from determining their own politics.
This is in light of how many African elites send their children to Europe for "education".
In my view, after the mind viruses of Christianity and Islam have already done a number to the continent - this is the next wave of mental colonization.
They succeeded with "democracy" and "capitalism", along with materialism.
Now bring in Atheism and Pop Psychology (and a big dose of 3rd and 4th wave feminism)
Not for nothing, but when Uganda decided to ban gays (Which I do not support, don't ban people from being who they are)
They started to talk about sanctions.
US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally
A scholar of politics and religion explains how anti-LGBTQ laws are being used to distract the public from governance failures in many parts of the world.
theconversation.com
Do they sanction Saudi for far worse?
Absolutely not.
So I say this situation looks benign (but not Benin), and possibly positive...
But I'm conditioned in the West - I can't really see a down side to getting men to talk about how to deal with their wives and family in a constructive way - yet I'm still wary.
I see how "Oprah" language, therapy talking points have infected The West - and rather than those words being tools for communication and understanding - they tend to be weaponized against men.
