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Re:Jack Dorsey gives $1B to fund global Covid-19 relief by missedthecue on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @01:37AM (#22810351)
>Society should be structured in such a way that charity is not needed.

This is only possible in a world where there is no bottom rung of the ladder. That's impossible.

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Re:Jack Dorsey gives $1B to fund global Covid-19 relief by joi_de_vivre on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @07:26AM (#22811901)
Why can't we make an effort to raise the height of the bottom rung of the ladder? In the case that we did, wouldn't charity then be unnecessary?
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Re:Jack Dorsey gives $1B to fund global Covid-19 relief by missedthecue on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @11:29AM (#22813775)
I didn't say it's not possible to raise the height. I said there always will be a bottom rung.
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Re:Jack Dorsey gives $1B to fund global Covid-19 relief by joi_de_vivre on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @01:19PM (#22814921)
But if the "bottom rung" got to a certain height (i.e. food, shelter, healthcare) wouldn't further charity be unnecessary?
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