Its long been a staple expectation that foreign aid to lawless places never turns up, and if it did it would be seized by local warlords and despots anyway. Which is a microcosm for how federal spend and budgeting works - I think there has long been significant proportions of all government spend that is simply stolen. Maybe so much is getting stolen now its approaching 100% and even keeping lights on is a challenge.
Also this sort of thing is a precursor and indicator of every nation that collapses - there is always pre-collapse asset-stripping, looting and pillaging, and its always done by the government and their cronies.
Its long been a staple expectation that foreign aid to lawless places never turns up, and if it did it would be seized by local warlords and despots anyway. Which is a microcosm for how federal spend and budgeting works - I think there has long been significant proportions of all government spend that is simply stolen. Maybe so much is getting stolen now its approaching 100% and even keeping lights on is a challenge.
Also this sort of thing is a precursor and indicator of every nation that collapses - there is always pre-collapse asset-stripping, looting and pillaging, and its always done by the government and their cronies.