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Re:A few months ago, a complete stranger gave me $10k (2021) by jnwatson on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @03:37PM (#32755591)
The hardest part about true charity is accepting that much of it will not be spent in a way that you deem to be correct. This applies just as much to individual giving as well as government welfare and NGOs.

It is true that many charities are inefficient. Some are fraudulent. Still, it is overall far more effective in the whole to give to organizations that can impact at scale.

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Re:A few months ago, a complete stranger gave me $10k (2021) by bheadmaster on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @04:48PM (#32756610)
> Still, it is overall far more effective in the whole to give to organizations that can impact at scale.

You can't know that. Those organizations might as well be making the problem worse, if nothing else then for the sake of keeping the money flowing.

See cobra effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive#The_origina...

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