Re:The Undermining of American Charity
by Retric on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @06:53PM
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In your edit nothing suggests there is even 10% alignment on net. Remember, many charities have negative alignment by acting counter to the governments intent.
Even in areas where it looks like things align say non religious textbooks failing to teach evolution has very real and very negative results, just look at antibiotic resistance. The long term impacts of that may very well outweigh all positive effects of charitable giving in the US.
And it's not just education. Handing out AIDS medications in poor counties sounds great! Doing so poorly may quickly make those same medications useless.
Even in areas where it looks like things align say non religious textbooks failing to teach evolution has very real and very negative results, just look at antibiotic resistance. The long term impacts of that may very well outweigh all positive effects of charitable giving in the US.
And it's not just education. Handing out AIDS medications in poor counties sounds great! Doing so poorly may quickly make those same medications useless.