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Charity makes sense in a capitalistic world, because some people get the "choice" of being poor in it.
by jraph 8y ago
Charity makes sense in a capitalistic world, because some people get the "choice" of being poor in it.
- sillyquiet 8y agoin contrast to government-owns-the-means-of-production socialist systems, where nobody gets the choice to not be poor.
- anonuser123456 8y agoThat's not true. The ruling elite make out quite well in such arrangements.
- jraph 8y agoA worse system does not make another one better.
- lrdd 8y agoDoes the lack of any better solution justify it?
- polyphonic01 8y agoMany people do. Many poor people make bad life decisions which lead them, unfortunately, into their poverty.
- ddw 8y agoAnd many people choose to be born into poverty with never a chance to succeed.
- ttonkytonk 8y agoActually, if you think about it, capitalism (in the U.S. at least) really doesn't give you the choice to be poor, essentially requiring you to live at a relatively high standard.