In a way, democracy is the problem, especially when you have uneducated masses as your voters. How could they tell one crook from another? How would they know if the policies promised are going to help?

The only reason why democracy seemed important is because it enabled accountability, but only if the voters deigned to hold politicians accountable, and were willing to forgo short-term gains for long term ones.

Haiti just doesn’t have the necessary conditions for that. A colonial solution is needed. Change the culture from the ground up.

BTW, my country Singapore gave peanuts, a mere 50,000 US dollars from the government. Considering the size of our government budget, I figure there’s a message there.