Re:Goodwill doesn't want broken toasters
by publicola1990 on Saturday May 08, 2021 @03:38AM
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Even giving money to charities may not be a good idea. I think it is sound financial advice never to donate funds/anything to a charity. If you want to donate money, donate to somebody/something that provides a free service/product to you, or perhaps some political organisation whose ideas you espouse, or to a friend in need, but never to a charity.
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What do you mean by “sound financial advice“? Of course you are not going to get richer by donating. In fact you are going to be poorer financially! But that is not the only aspect of life which matters.
> “If you want to donate money, donate to somebody/something that provides a free service/product to you”
That sounds very much like paying for the service or product in question. Can you elaborate on what you meant by this?
“... but never to a charity.”
Why? You spent a lot of characters and 3 ornately wrought sentences wich all just reitareted this “wisdom” as if it is a fact without explaining why you think so. Are you against altruism in all forms? Or perhaps you have this opinion from an effective altruism perspective?
Re:Goodwill doesn't want broken toasters
by publicola1990 on Saturday May 08, 2021 @10:15AM
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I really don't get the appeal many Americans have for charity, and I think there are better ways of helping people than giving to these organizations whose only real effect is going to leave you poorer.
Charity is a non-solution for any of the worlds problems, and a distraction from finding real solutions.
Re:Goodwill doesn't want broken toasters
by URSpider94 on Saturday May 08, 2021 @02:38PM
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Please elaborate. I’m having a hard time understanding your argument. Are you saying, for instance, that charities should not exist because they are a band-aid for missing government policies? I would submit that the dog rescue charities that I support are not going to be made redundant by a guaranteed minimum income plan for canines…