They don't particularly do things at a smaller scale though, do they? When you think "Charitable contributors," you don't think "Koch brothers" or "Donald Trump" or etc. (I actually can't think of a mainstream right-wing charity contributor besides Thiel.) You think of Gates+co.
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Replying to @gypsy_panther @simpolism
Most of it is small scale philanthropy, or religious I think
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Replying to @eigenrobot @simpolism
It really makes you wonder, doesn't it? Like, "Everything will be cured by philanthropy!" sounds awesome but...if it's just poor people helping worse-off poor people, and not the people making policy....hm.
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And generally those are food banks and the like, not say, medical help.
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Replying to @gypsy_panther @eigenrobot
I'd say the impetus behind right-wing philanthropy (minus the Neo-Cons) is along the lines of "we can help the needy in our community through charity" with an implicit "if they're not in my community, I don't want to be involved in their welfare at all."
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Replying to @simpolism @eigenrobot
What exactly /is there/ in terms of the right helping people with medical costs, or housing costs or educational cost? Genuinely curious here - even if it's just in the context of a local community. I can pretty much only think of food banks.
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(Speaking as someone who grew up in an extremely right-wing area that only had food banks, I have no frame of reference for actual local philanthropy, probably.)
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Replying to @gypsy_panther @eigenrobot
A widespread belief among the right, as far as I can tell, is that much healthcare is unnecessary to health and formal education unnecessary to success. But I expect if someone absolutely needed a procedure done, then the community would rally to help cover the costs.
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Replying to @simpolism
lol note these are also cornerstone beliefs of INGROUP
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Convergent evolution, on these points :)
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