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…
> “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?