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That was super nice of them.
And now Iâm mad that nobody told us we were given cows. Cause thatâs really f*cking nice and nobody mentioned it at all.
American media tends to disregard that anyone donates to the US. And then Amurricans complain about money going abroad because ânobody helped the US in our disasters.â
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Also, do you know how much a cow costs? O.O
It isnât just a matter of how much a cow costs, its a matter of considering that Masai life is based around their cattle. Its their wealth, their food, and a significant part of their religion. Hereâs a quote from Wikipedia:
âTraditional Maasai lifestyle centres around their cattle which constitute their primary source of food. The measure of a manâs wealth is in terms of cattle and children. A herd of 50 cattle is respectable, and the more children the better. A man who has plenty of one but not the other is considered to be poor.[37] A Maasai religious belief relates that God gave them all the cattle on earth, leading to the belief that rustling cattle from other tribes is a matter of taking back what is rightfully theirs, a practice that has become much less common.[38]â
So its not just âthey gave us 14 cowsâ, its that they gave us something that is very important and significant to them, it is more than just a kind gesture that definitely deserves to be known and its a genuine shame that more people donât know about it.
Wait, you guys DONâT KNOW that we offer help to the US when you have disasters???????
Shit, down here in Brazil we not only offered to send tracking units and doctors to help in 9/11 but we wanted to send a whole lot of donations to help with Katrina (we have experience with floods down here so we knew what kind of medicine to send to prevent outbreaks).Â
We alone had like 2 army airplanes full of medicine and non-perishables like baby formula, diapers, bottled water, mosquito nets and other stuff thatâs needed to fight opportunistic diseases that hit flooded areas, enough to assist a good few thousand people at least, ready to go the day after it hit, but your government refused the donations.Â
The same thing happened to the Canadians and Europeans who offered help, the US embassies around the world told us all to give money to Red Cross.
And so we did, we all gave hundreds of millions of dollars to them, and then this happened:
Red Cross scandals tarnish relief efforts
âBreathtakingâ Waste and Fraud in Hurricane Aid
So please, donât you go spreading misinformation and prejudice against the rest of the world, WE DID OFFER HELP AND ORGANIZED IT EVEN FASTER THAN BUSH DID, BUT YâALL REFUSED IT.Â
Oh wow I had no idea this happened itâs really not talked about in media at all wow this is something good to know about wow
AMERICAN CITIZENS DONâT KNOW THAT OTHER COUNTRIES OFFER AID IN OUR TIMES OF NEED.
Seriously, we donât get told this. The government loves to propagate the image that 1) weâre so great that we donât need help from âoutsidersâ and 2) weâre the best so weâre always helping other people.
So Iâm not surprised in the slightest that the government refused international aid.
yo, I had no idea.
âNo no weâre amazing we need help from no one we can do this by ourselvesâ -The US Government probably
âArrogance may not be a uniquely American trait, but I must say, you do it better than anyone.â -The Red Skull
30 years living in America and had no idea. I love that you did that! This post is changing my world view considerably. Thereâs probably some foreign policy stuff they freak out over. Please continue to share when you all try to help us! The actual citizens of America love you for it!!!Â
