The reason it's worse than doing nothing is because it gives the United States government a reason for not doing something that ACTUALLY helps. They can just point to these airdrops and go "see? We're helping!" when in reality they're doing the square root of fuck-all to make things better.

Yes, I’ve heard this same argument against public policy that can make tangible improvements in people’s lives my entire life, and it’s almost never compelling. How about instead of spending time saying we shouldn’t be doing this airdrop, you focus on what else can and should be done? 1/2