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Re:Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to... by at_a_remove on Friday August 18, 2023 @03:04PM (#37180530)
This is so depressingly right-on. And bringing it up just gets you motte-and-baileyed. "How could you possibly be against a repository of human knowledge? Gasp!"

It's a great grift, though.

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Re:Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to... by lockhouse on Friday August 18, 2023 @09:00PM (#37184296)
See also American Red Cross, Susan G. Komen Foundation, Wounded Warrior Project, and Black Lives Matter for other great examples of big non-profit charities that behave similarly.

How can you possibly be against any of those causes? Don't look behind the curtain to see how we're actually using the money you give us.

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Re:Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to... by Turing_Machine on Saturday August 19, 2023 @08:17AM (#37187981)
The classic example here is the March of Dimes, which was founded to treat and prevent polio (an obviously laudable goal).

When not one, but two, effective vaccines against polio appeared, did the March of Dimes throw a big celebratory party and wrap up its operations?

It did not.

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