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Re:The Trader Who Donates Half His Pay by a3voices on Monday April 06, 2015 @01:12PM (#9329231)
Should you also donate money to save hypothetical aliens in a far away galaxy, if we find out they exist? What about a fund to help people relocate from flooded cities from global warming 200 years in the future? What about donating to keep A.I. simulations from being shut off? Why donate to help people and not animals or bacteria? What about the fact that the universe is going to die from entropy, and all people die anyways from old age? What's the point?

Note: I try to not donate any of my money to any cause ever

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Re:The Trader Who Donates Half His Pay by hmate9 on Monday April 06, 2015 @02:27PM (#9329787)
Because some people are not as lucky. Some people don't have the basics such as water which we take for granted and it is all because of LUCK.

What's the point of life if not to help each other survive and enjoy life?

Sure, you need to keep yourself and your family comfortable but to actively distance yourself away from ANY kind of donation is just sub-human imo.

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Re:The Trader Who Donates Half His Pay by JacobLBryan on Monday April 06, 2015 @04:57PM (#9330653)
If you think one of those is the most efficient way to avert suffering then sure, why not?
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