Liberalism’s enduring tension between promoting progress and safeguarding freedom is visible in foreign aid, where well-intentioned experts often undermine dignity and self-determination by assuming they know best. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/23/world/the-history-of-enlightened-oppression/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #adamsmith #immanuelkant #johnstuartmill #marquisdecondorcet #liberalism #colonialism #foreignaid #hunger #sdg #development
2 months after a federal court temporarily blocked Trump’s freeze on billions in congressionally approved #ForeignAid, an attorney for relief orgs said the govt had taken “literally zero steps to allocate this money.”
Judge Amir Ali, a Biden appointee, has ordered the admin to explain what it is doing to comply w/the order. #Trump ofcls have said they will eventually release the funds, but #aid groups worry the admin is simply trying to delay until the allocations expire in the fall.