It's weird to me that there aren't more rich people paying for therapy for those who can't afford it.
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Wut why? That’s a weird expectation. Progressive taxation and universal healthcare including mental healthcare, yes. Expecting wealthy to do things like that is just odd.
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... yet I've never heard of a foundation with directly subsidizing mental health as its focus, despite ample data about the value of therapy/treatment for folks.
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Simply wont scale. Can work for rare and low incidence things, but the number of needy people who have mental health issues would totally swamp wealthy people’s direct charitable capabilities. Nice that a few do it though.
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Sure but... that doesn't negate it being weird that there aren't more doing it. And loads of money goes to causes that don't scale but that are generally thought of as more-is-better
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Few rich people actually care about charity. Most just want to put minimal thought into socially expected levels of giving and get on with yachts and parties. So they latch onto currently fashionable cause in their circle.
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It’s never been tried so how would you know?


