“ If all things in nature, mind and society stand in eternal relations of exchange, giving rise to stasis and crisis, then how can this fact of history be measured in terms of aid and development? If the focus is development and not aid, then what is the difference? If aid and development are entwined and intertwined in the social process, then how can we deal with both in isolation from one another?
Or, is it a matter of precedence, where development takes the lead over aid? If so then can there be hope in the Pacific to ever liberate itself from the curse and bondage of perpetual dependency mentality, with the impending environmental and social crisis brought about by the all-embracing capitalist democracy and scientific and technological culture? ”