This is good -> https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/27/gospels-of-giving-for-the-new-gilded-age/amp?__twitter_impression=true …
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We joked pretty heavily about this in NITW in regards to the old timey robber barons.
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It's great that it's just kind of accepted that mass social programs are doomed or useless and we need to increasingly rely on the good graces of enlightened members of the billionaire class to fund any sort of progress.
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You can see also how this goes hand in hand with the tech solutionism that is huge right now.
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It also needs to be said that saying "well, would you rather they DON'T give away their money??" is basically just concern trolling that has become so ingrained in these discussions that I dont think most folks who bring it up realize it.
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"Feudalism is bad and the fact that the lord gives away some of his wealth to nice things as he sees fit is part of it." Uh would you rather we DIDN'T have nice lords????
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shifting convos about capitalism to the subject of personal generosity is like a really common and easy thing to fall into? certainly a habit in our culture. we really like making giant structural problems an issue of individual morality.
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ok sorry folks that was a longer thread than i generally do nowadays go in peace
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The thing is, it's not even a lot. Like there was an entire expensive media blitz praising Bezos for giving away the equivalent of $15.
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There is so much hidden hubris around this too. They’d rather donate to the specific causes that they deem worthy rather than pay their fair share of taxes and let the unwashed masses decide what’s in the public interest.
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