{"source":"Neo-Colonialism","author":"Kwame Nkrumah","year":1965,"quote":"In the end the situation arises that the only type of aid which the neo-colonialist masters consider as safe is \u2018military aid\u2019. Once a neo-colonialist territory is brought to such a state of economic chaos and misery that revolt actually breaks out then, and only then, is there no limit to the generosity of the neo-colonial overlord, provided, of course, that the funds supplied are utilised exclusively for military purposes. Military aid in fact marks the last stage of neo-colonialism and its effect is self-destructive. Sooner or later the weapons supplied pass into the hands of the opponents of the neo-colonialist regime and the war itself increases the social misery which originally provoked it."}