OrangeOk1358 t1_jebphmj wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:09 PM

Reply to comment by Adhdbanana in South Africa supports Russian initiative to create BRICS geological platform for data sharing by Falls_stuff

Most of which are given to US pharmaceutical companies that provide HIV medication and research labs. An insurance policy to ensure that a new deadlier variant of HIV doesn't appear in South Africa and spread across the world including the US. Edit: Its the same reason Western nations are still supplying South Africa with Covid vaccines and encouraging booster shots just in case a new strain of Covid pops up such as Omicron.

Adhdbanana t1_jebuir0 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:42 PM

The point is russia can take that position over along with team BRIC. I would hazard a guess that there are other countries that could make do with the same beneficial aid package. Why would the US aid a country where the ANC outright stated putin would not be arrested. With that same amount of money marked as humanitarian aid for a country like Ukraine in a 10 year span we are looking at 40b USD to rebuild their infrastructure, housing, PTSD treatment, etc.

At this point I encourage all fellow Americans to write their reps and point out this fact and see if we can make it end. If BRIC is your future, good luck.

[deleted] t1_jebyf8g wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:08 PM

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CautiousMeet7592 t1_ject5wq wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:54 AM

Why the hell do we have to pay for ukraines reconstruction? We have our own issues here.