Hello everyone.
I just wanted to ask a hypothetical question about how an anarchist society would distribute aid to other parts of the world. I assume such things would continue but perhaps might take different forms. States like the Democratic Republic of the Congo for example are barely holding it together and it would be nice to know what Anarchists would do differently to combat the diseases and food shortages that stifle any development in places like this.
Thanks,
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After a working class revolution in the main centres of capitalism, or even after such a revolution spreads across the entire planet smashing and dismantling bourgeois institutions and power everywhere- things will not change immediately, revolution isn't a light switch for the problems of the world. Some people disagree, but it seems likely that capitalist social relations will endure for many years following such a revolution.
A lot of economic, political and cultural changes will have to happen in the areas of the world with dense populations of the proletariat (Western Europe, East Asia, North America) before institutions like universities and research facilities can be transformed into progressive think-tanks for coming up with new treatments and modalities for disease.
It will be similar for distribution of the abundant food in the West to other parts of the world and attacking corruption and mismanagement in the third world. Afghanistan is a good example. Before the 1979 - 2010 wars, it was a productive agricultural nation, shipping food to the region. With the destruction of colonial and feudal remnents, and an end to warlordism areas of Asia and Africa will be able to prosper to their potential.
I'd imagine there will be a number of humanitarian crises following a successful global working class revolution. Such as massive exodus/movements of populations, a move from the cities to the rural areas, etc. 'Growing pains' kinda.
Without a profit incentive, but only moral and humanist incentives, technology and expertise from 1st and 2nd world nations can help areas like central Africa build infrastructure, develop agricultural and mineral resources, etc.
Technical institutes and colleges/universities are going to be crucial. A good example is the early Soviet Union- a generation of technocrats was nurtured through access to education to build the industries that lead to a general increase in the standard of living of everyone (everything from machining, wheat harvesting, mining, etc). Without a profit incentive, these programs can develop freely without worry about funding, land ownership, papers, etc.