> philantropic stuff needs to be long term to be of any use. Short term stuff can in fact be counter-productive by hiding that there is a problem I 100% unders

> philantropic stuff needs to be long term to be of any use. Short term stuff can in fact be counter-productive by hiding that there is a problem I 100% understand what you saving and agree long term fixes are preferable, but... 1) Short term can be massively helpful for getting over humps like famine/disaster etc. 2) I kinda feel that is such privileged world thinking. If I'm buying some guys with nothing food and clothes, sure its not a long term solution but now they have food and clothes for a week. Pretty great for those guys. Imagine you were without shoes and clothes and some rich bloke was like "we dont think we should give you that as it might not help you generate food/clothes in the long term". Kinda politicians that believe we need to keep welfare low to encourage people to pull themselves up by their boot straps.