Thread by @TerrinaMajnoona

I was scrolling thru the docs related to Ukraine on USAIDs website the other day--because I'm a weirdo--& I noticed a number of things that are of course potentially alarming, because most of what USAID does is alarming. But one thing that caught my eye was probably not the most>

consequential or most harmful of all the no-doubt really terrible things the US' official wielder of "soft power" has been up to in Ukraine, & everywhere else for that matter. It caught my attention because it exemplifies the absurd level to which the US goes to meddle abroad. >

When you think of Ukraine, Ukraine has a lot of problems. Virtually none of them, like problems anywhere else, make you think they'll be improved with the US' "help". Its always a ridiculous premise that some DC suits would be helpful in some other country trying to sort out >

some issues. I mean, if you were just born today & believed the US just really goes around trying to make things better for ppl all around the world. What 'expertise' would the US bring to just about anything helpful? Nevertheless, they carry on the charade with thousands & >

thousands of these "development" & "reform" projects literally everywhere if they want them or not, & act as if this is normal. Usually they only minimally conceal their real pretty sinister motives. But to get back to this USAID project from 2015, in case we think they aren't >

meddling in enough things, USAID assembled an intl team of experts to tackle something im sure was on everyone's mind: how to fix the parking situation in Kiev.. usaid.gov/documents/1863…

The team included a Paris-based parking consultant & a "NY based international transport and urban development specialist".

Now, I've read their final report & absolutely no surprise at all the answer to everything was privatize, monetize & police the hell out of the ppl who park in Kiev. They stretched it out to a 4 month project anyway lol

The final report is 135 pages lol.

With just all the shitty "recommendations" you can imagine they would make

And this international team finds it unreasonable that Ukraine national govt plays any role in parking policies. "Decentralize!" Lol

Like you can imagine with everything else, the US comes in & says oh yeah jack up the parking fees, start heavily enforcing it with strict penalties, & contract with some foreign company to profit from this & tow ppls cars. "Quality of life improved!"

I like that they bring in an urban planner from NY to consult on *wait for it* parking issues lmao. Such renown.