Haiti: here we go again

Looks like the long-suffering people of Haiti are in for more suffering.

Haiti was the only slave state where the slaves liberated themselves. Every place else, white folks freed the slaves. In Haiti, they actually had a revolution. That was around the turn of the century. The 18th century.

The colonial masters have been extracting vengeance ever since. Haiti has been non-stop subjugated and systemically looted for over two hundred years now. 

After all that help, they still can't get their shit together!

Canada has a particularly shameful legacy in Haiti. How long have we been "aiding" Haiti by training their police? And what is the result? And why do we never talk about our complicity in overthrowing the democratically elected Aristide? 

What's left of the puppet government is now formally asking for help from the puppet-masters. Be sure it will come soon.

The yoke of subjugation must be restored.

Let's stop "helping" Haiti

I see where the CBC has a story on how health care in Haiti is gonna go straight down the shitter without more help from Canada.

This story is an example of a genre of reporting that was very popular in the 60's and 70's. Us First World folks had lots and lots of solutions to the problems of those Third World folks.

Don't worry, Dark People! Big Ag will solve your problems with agricultural productivity. Big Pharma will deliver a knock-out blow to those tropical diseases that lay waste to your working population.

Let us open up a few "free-trade" zones so your unemployed masses can experience the zen of industrial discipline by undercutting the $35/month textile workers in Bangladesh!

And God forbid that you Dark People rock the boat of First World munificence by electing some wild-eyed radical like Jean-Bertrand Aristide as your leader.

After everything we've done for you, how dare you do that to us?

Yes, Canada has helped health care in Haiti. Canada has also helped destroy democracy in Haiti.

On balance, maybe Haiti would be better off without our help.