As it turns out, fortunately, wealthy countries have always helped less fortunate ones; it may NOT be labeled as such, but that's the way it has turned out (for centuries)!
Wars are unfortunate happenstances, but are usually traceable to one, or a couple, buffoon(s), who thought they could take things/land for nothing and RULE!; they are USUALLY not the sharpest knives in the draw, and are often quite uneducated and foolish, e. g. characteristics exhibited by Trump and his close-in partners.
As for what was 'yesterday' and what's going on now: As a STEM person, the inroads are beyond comprehension, but the Scientific road is like that, particularly when SO MANY countries have players 'in the game'!
You, Dear Lady, have done quite well for yourself in a space replete with fantasizing men. . .
