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« Reply #180 on: April 30, 2017, 05:04:03 PM » |
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Also infrastructures
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« Reply #181 on: April 30, 2017, 05:04:55 PM » |
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i wasnt speaking literally. charity rarely takes the form of just handing out money to people irl. if it was that, then yeah i could agree.
Charity comes in a lot of forms. Some of the most effective that I've seen first hand is donating time and labor. Fixing homes, repairing cars, donating building materials, etc. Where the poor often struggle the most is in these areas, most people don't have the skills or resources to handle major disasters when they are low income so the loss of a vehicle, a collapsing roof, etc. can be devastating. I do a lot of free computer repair and general carpentry and landscaping fixes for people (I am usually contacted by someone I know who knows someone else in need). What I do could cost hundreds if done professionally and most of the people I do it for barely can pay their most basic living expenses. We just got helped by a construction company that redid some of our flooring and our porches (which were deteriorating when we got the place). It would have cost us thousands we didn't have. Direct help is some of the best forms of charity (and least squandered). |
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« Reply #182 on: April 30, 2017, 05:11:32 PM » |
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non-profit microloans (kiva, grameen) seem to work pretty well. People generally know how to improve their own situation given resources to do so, but sometimes you also can't just provide a generic resource because sometimes the rational thing to do is to spend it on e.g. something that's good for the individual/family/community but bad for the environment, meaning the country, meaning everyone, in the long run. Concrete example: people need charcoal to cook, charcoal has to be made from wood, so giving people more money to buy charcoal speeds up deforestation and fucks everyone over in the long run. better then to provide people with gas stoves first. Also infrastructures
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« Reply #183 on: April 30, 2017, 11:38:15 PM » |
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People without basic comfort are more likely to be depressed and are more likely to spend money irresponsibly. So yes, giving money to the poor improves the situation.
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« Reply #184 on: May 01, 2017, 07:33:55 AM » |
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« Reply #185 on: May 01, 2017, 07:39:29 AM » |
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BUt do you have data to back this up? Because data I have show teh contrary on aggregate.
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« Reply #186 on: May 01, 2017, 07:44:46 AM » |
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BUt do you have data to back this up? Because data I have show teh contrary on aggregate.
i have data showing that you caught hiv from having sex with a public computer in a 90s style "internet cafe" in 2013 which you accomplished because your dick is the exact shape and dimensions of a scsi connector |
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« Reply #187 on: May 01, 2017, 07:46:43 AM » |
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nah, you confused me with an echidna, must be the beard
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« Reply #188 on: May 01, 2017, 07:50:02 AM » |
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Anyway more seriously, the problem is developed country vs developing, being poor in those are very different, it's not the same affordance at all. Buying a cow give you nothing in developed country, it's a problem of infrastructure in poor country.
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« Reply #189 on: May 01, 2017, 08:28:42 AM » |
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Anyway more seriously, the problem is developed country vs developing, being poor in those are very different, it's not the same affordance at all. Buying a cow give you nothing in developed country, it's a problem of infrastructure in poor country.
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« Reply #190 on: May 01, 2017, 09:38:49 AM » |
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Yes but not a full fledge growing business, why so literal smartass?
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« Reply #191 on: May 05, 2017, 08:41:35 AM » |
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Some years ago, my Kiva loan went to a woman who needed new tires for her rickshaw business in Philippines. Sounds insane, but hey, it helped her and her business. Also Philippines have a bit more money flowing through it thanks to those tires.
The point is, you are now arguing weirdly specific details which any self-respecting NGO already understands.
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« Reply #192 on: May 05, 2017, 09:12:00 AM » |
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I agree with the above post.
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« Reply #193 on: May 05, 2017, 10:40:54 AM » |
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but once you all recognize the secret of his exposure, you will be ashamed of your words and deeds
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« Reply #195 on: May 05, 2017, 11:01:44 AM » |
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Goatee + anime, is that the perfect combination of untrustworthyness?
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« Reply #196 on: May 05, 2017, 11:36:13 AM » |
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yeah the whole donating from your vast fortune to get right wing populists elected wasn't enough of a giveaway
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« Reply #197 on: May 11, 2017, 05:50:26 PM » |
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"The Oculus offices were on the Facebook campus. It certainly was a great working environment. But I had to restrain myself working there. I could not cosplay while working at Facebook." |
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« Reply #198 on: May 11, 2017, 10:03:20 PM » |
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« Reply #199 on: May 12, 2017, 10:47:15 AM » |
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Dont ruin Chrono trigger with ALt-Right crap. We already have lost Pepe. damn.
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