The Lancet - perhaps the most politically motivated medical journal in the world has in the past accused the US of killing hundreds of thousands in Iraq, it has accused Israel of a deliberate onslaught against civilians in Gaza while ignoring Hamas rockets, and now acccuses the IMF of aiding and abetting the current Ebola crisis in the most affected countries. In short, it is edited by a bunch of third-worldist progressives who are suffering from serious post-colonial guilt and modern-day Orientalism.
As such, it was both surprising and encouraging to see this comment in a newspaper op-ed:
"We so easily default to a Western-centric view, where it’s our aid or financial policies that are responsible for the success or failure of poor countries. It’s egoistic and exaggerated, and ignores domestic politics."
This just goes to show you that even "objective science" can be hijacked by ideology.
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