Bhutan, after prioritizing happiness, now faces an existential crisis

Re:Bhutan, after prioritizing happiness, now faces an existe... by Tabular-Iceberg on Monday November 18, 2024 @05:44PM (#42177921)

Could it be argued that we in the west have some degree of moral responsibility to prevent brain drain from developing countries?

I don’t see the point of giving out tons of foreign aid when we’re just going to pull the rug out from underneath of them anyway.

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Re:Bhutan, after prioritizing happiness, now faces an existe... by vivekd on Monday November 18, 2024 @05:49PM (#42177968)

I mean it's not like developing countries are doing much to steward their best and brightest. Counties with brain drains also have serious issues with nepotism and cronyism limiting the ability of talent to rise up.

My parents are from Sri Lanka the former leaders family filled up the cabinet and ministry positions. They put forward wonderful plans like banning fertilizer imports. I think we need to accept that they're their own worst enemy here

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Re:Bhutan, after prioritizing happiness, now faces an existe... by Tabular-Iceberg on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @07:49AM (#42182853)

That must be what foreign aid is for. They can’t steward their own resources, and they don’t like it when we go there in person and do it for them, so we have to give them a portion of our own.

But then we hoover up all the people who could conceivably do the stewardship, perpetuating the cycle.

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