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You are complaining about someone donating to a children's hospital and being credited for it?

paulgb 8y ago
Judging from the following line "Keanu does it all the time", I guess you can get credit for it you just have to donate anonymously and then have others tell people about it :)
KevanM 8y ago
Is this a Curb Your Enthusiasm reference?
tarsinge 8y ago
Not talking about Benioff but yes I can complain. If you are very wealthy you have to contribute back to society, that's not a thing to admire but to require. And if you donate only a small percent of your wealth, say 1%, I don't think you deserve more credit than anybody having a net worth of $10k donating $100, in fact maybe less, even if the absolute amount is way more.
- PSZD 8y ago
  Isn't that societal obligation codified as taxes? > I don't think you deserve more credit than anybody having a net worth of $10k donating $100 Would you also consider this something not to admire but require?
- uhhhhhhh 8y ago
  >If you are very wealthy you have to contribute back to society, that's not a thing to admire but to require. You're complaining about someone who does contribute back to society... seems somewhat misplaced/misguided.
- Macross8299 8y ago
  >And if you donate only a small percent of your wealth, say 1%, I don't think you deserve more credit than anybody having a net worth of $10k donating $100 That makes sense if you view charity/philanthropy as a signalling device or a measure for how generous and good people are. Doesn't really make sense if you care about the actual good/contribution done though. Ceteris paribus, someone with net worth 100k giving 10k is doing more absolute good and helping more people than someone with net worth 10k giving 1k. Not to say small donations don't matter or aren't commendable -- they can definitely add up. But there is "more credit" given because the greater amount of money is (presumably) helping more people.
- praneshp 8y ago
  > I don't think you deserve more credit than anybody having a net worth of $10k donating $100 Well $100 isn't worth shit in the big picture, so no, contributing millions is objectively more useful than contributing $100

Judging from the following line "Keanu does it all the time", I guess you can get credit for it you just have to donate anonymously and then have others tell people about it :)

KevanM 8y ago

Is this a Curb Your Enthusiasm reference?

tarsinge 8y ago

Not talking about Benioff but yes I can complain. If you are very wealthy you have to contribute back to society, that's not a thing to admire but to require. And if you donate only a small percent of your wealth, say 1%, I don't think you deserve more credit than anybody having a net worth of $10k donating $100, in fact maybe less, even if the absolute amount is way more.

PSZD 8y ago
Isn't that societal obligation codified as taxes? > I don't think you deserve more credit than anybody having a net worth of $10k donating $100 Would you also consider this something not to admire but require?
uhhhhhhh 8y ago
>If you are very wealthy you have to contribute back to society, that's not a thing to admire but to require. You're complaining about someone who does contribute back to society... seems somewhat misplaced/misguided.
Macross8299 8y ago
>And if you donate only a small percent of your wealth, say 1%, I don't think you deserve more credit than anybody having a net worth of $10k donating $100 That makes sense if you view charity/philanthropy as a signalling device or a measure for how generous and good people are. Doesn't really make sense if you care about the actual good/contribution done though. Ceteris paribus, someone with net worth 100k giving 10k is doing more absolute good and helping more people than someone with net worth 10k giving 1k. Not to say small donations don't matter or aren't commendable -- they can definitely add up. But there is "more credit" given because the greater amount of money is (presumably) helping more people.
praneshp 8y ago
> I don't think you deserve more credit than anybody having a net worth of $10k donating $100 Well $100 isn't worth shit in the big picture, so no, contributing millions is objectively more useful than contributing $100