This paper will be a discussion of societyÂ’s sin transition. More specifically it will answer the following questions: Whit is that Western aid programs seem to benefit the West? Why is NagleÂ’s examination limited to the Third World? The other question that will be examined is in todayÂ’s economically and militarily lopsided world of vast inequalities, dwindling natural resources and environmental degradation, how can economic development occur with democracy?