It's more about the fact they are doing good things for a bad reason. Like, education is good, but when propaganda is a part of the curriculum - it's not as good. On the other hand, a huge part why it works is because the western countries have basically abandoned the global South .

Hate to be pedantic about a topic like this, but Jacob, the guy who falls in love with a baby (if that's the event you describe), is around 16