Live8 imperialism?

sisu: “I’m withering in my scorn,” admits Geldof:
“‘The Live 8 phenomenon is part of this Western fantasy of omnipotence,’ [writer and authority on humanitarian aid David ] Rieff continued in a telephone interview, ‘a politically correct version of the imperial impulse to give some money and all will be well, as if the problems of Africa are just the results of our not paying enough attention,'” reports — are you ready for this? — the New York Times.

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