Leg work
Too many people choose the feel good way of "helping" people and just throw some money around. What they don't understand is that the money is the root cause that creates inequality which creates the desperate scarcity of money where you can't profit by trade or some other way. This is my whole point. Einstein said something like "we can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." and it applies to this too. So throwing more money into a problem created by money is just pointless. It also created more dependency towards monetary aid.
The interesting is that when all this will change, it will be because we have this vast network connecting everybody in the world. Who can't receive knowledge via net, they will receive it via word of mouth.
"Money" is a "idea" or a "tool" like a shovel, a hammer, a gun etc.
Europe entered a "feudalistic" age after the so called fall of the roman empire.
Basically it was designed by the Catholic Church to keep the system "static".
If you stop all "ingenuity" and "invention" then there is not chance of a power shift.
Instead of "Religion" large companies like Google,M$,Apple attempt the same thing with "Patent Laws".
Which is ironic because they achieved their dominance by a "power shift" due to technology.
So if you say "The system is not working", it depends on which side of the coin you are looking at
"The 'elites' might say the system is working perfectly fine"
So in the case of the Catholic Church, outlaw weapons like crossbows etc.
Anything that can put the power into the hands of the unwashed masses.
Shooting a man with a crossbow is "wrong","barbaric".
On the other hand, Chasing down a man on the back of a large warhorse, which is being ridden by a nobleman.
And hacking the guy you are chasing with a sword or war ax is very brave.
The battle of Agincourt probably was the most important battle for Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_AgincourtThe actual "details" are lost but they are not important.
Basically 6000+ British longbow men wiped out 36000 French knights.
Basically the British King was desperate, it was at the end of 100 years war.
He was losing, the French had more knights, more arms, more everything
But the British peasant had a unique past time the longbow, and with a 100-200lb pull it could kill a Knight in full armor.
It also had a range of 200-400 meters (depending on the man) and could fire 4-5 shots a minute. (Actual details are unknown).
Probably it was equivalent to a WW1 rifle, considering that a bow man carried 100+ arrows on him.
A modern infantry man carries 200-300 rounds on him.
A knight was a "nobleman" after this battle, the peasant found out that he could kill a knight.
The psychological edge for the knight was lost.
After that the peasant was not tied to the land, he could sell his services to other kings.
The bard's tales of the great battle where soon sung across Europe.
In my personal opinion it is probably no coincidence that the Bohemian (Czech People) rebelled against the "Catholic Church" at this time.
After their lead Jan Huss had been killed by the Catholics.
Under Jan Žižka they used crossbows and Wagenburg tactics against the Catholic Crusades against his followers.
The Peasant Kingdoms eventually where defeated, but they never number more then maybe 100-200K people.
That they could hold out for 20+ years against a more powerful enemy is testimony to them.
And all hell broke loose in Europe from that
Again the accounts of Jan Zizka have been lost. All we have is the broad details.
Ironically very few priests despite being well educated have heard of Jan Huss and Jan Zizka.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussite_WarsIMHO in USA/Britain etc. they are attempting a modern version of "feudalism".
Basically by making people dependent on the state etc.
By trying to censor all free opinion. In Britain for posting on FB, guys are getting 4 year prison sentences.
According to PM Cameron these "hooligans" threaten British Civilization
I am a pragmatist.
The Buddists see life as a wheel.
Ironically Asia is becoming less feudal, USA,Britain etc are becoming more feudal.
I find it very comical in a perverse way
True. I don't really trust these big aid organizations. I always feel that 90% of the money they receive are spent on "management fees".
You just "feel" that
I know that to be so. I have first hand information on this
ADB (Asian Development Bank) loans are a classic example.
Theoretically all the organizations that admininster them have to be "non profit".
Before a project is allowed to go through it has to follow ADB guidelines.
Then it has to be "studied" for 1-2 years. Basically "experts" that write tons of rubbish.
Then the project might be "implemented" but it has to follow ADB guidelines, which again 99% of them are BS.
So that way the project is guaranteed to fail, the 3rd world country gets saddled with a huge debt.
Sometimes the project has to use material bought from 1st world countries etc.
It works pretty well, to the 3rd world country wakes up and figures out they are getting screwed over.
Usually then 1st world countries then claim this 3rd world country has WMD and bomb the shit out of them.
But again that is not working too hot anymore
So when you say the "organization" is not working.
Wrong it is working very well