Marshall’s plan wasn’t purely generous. After WW2, America’s economy was doing so great it produces too much. United States needed to export what it overproduced. But western Europe was totally bloodless, its economy was dead and it was in desperate need of reconstruction.
Marshall found a way to use America’s overproduction by proposing his plan, but it wasn’t free of charge. It demanded the countries, if they accept this plan, not to turn themselves to other countries help, especially Russia. First part of the cold war...
It lead Europe to a dependance on the United States, economically, which implied a political dependance so that nazism and above all communism wouldn’t take any power over Europe, an important market place for America by that time. Western Germany, in particular, became America’s display, for its frontiers was too close to Russia’s dominion.
South America’s countries suffered a rather opposite process. In order to prevent communism to expand in countries nearby the US, this last choose to weaken those countries by promoting political figures which accepted to be dependant on America’s economy, even if it forces the US to help dictators to take place. Castro rebelled against that, and Cuba paid a hard price for this.
The purpose is simple: America doesn’t want any strong country nearby its borders, for it would be a threat, both economically and politically. So there’ll still be 2 years old immigrant children drowing in the Rio Grande, unless the US stop fearing for a power to keep that no longer exists anymore.
The Spirit wasn’t different in the 50’s, it’s just that the world’s configuration was different from now. But the spirit of evil stays the same. Pride. And selfishness. Lack of love. Then no worship for God our Father, only for the human heart.
Today good thinking mentality has invaded the world’s system, it’s a false idol in the heart.
Jesus is the only way, the only truth, the only life. There is no way for the carnal world to change without Jesus our Savior and Lord.
Again, flesh reproduces (again and again), only God’s Spirit produces.
Amen.