Has anyone formally studied idea that philanthropy undermines civil society by replacing redistribution taxation with discretionary?
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@themattsimpson Yes. The whole reason safety nets are needed is that communities take care of their own in part by dumping on out-groups.
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@themattsimpson In-group/out-group framing of goodwill creates a garbage (CS sense) class of outcaste unfortunates who belong nowhere.
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@themattsimpson Sure, but govt is not a smart, virtuous, competent robot. If personal charity will not work, neither will democracy 1/2

