I'm not sure in what conceivable way this could be considered gaslighting. Donations to charity need not be altruistic to be good for society. Sometimes charit

I'm not sure in what conceivable way this could be considered gaslighting. Donations to charity need not be altruistic to be good for society. Sometimes charitable organizations support causes that you don't just as the government often pumps money into things you disagree with. The difference of course is that one has a choice in the matter when they're making charitable donations while at most you have an extremely indirect say of how your taxes are spent (through electing public officials). Charitable donations are also not only for the rich. Everyone is eligible to make charitable donations (and they should!) to organizations of their choice and that donation is tax deductible for schmucks like me just like it is for Jeff Bezos. > We shout at the top of our lungs in praise while Amazon pays next to nothing in taxes and kills thousands of small businesses across the world. Who exactly is doing this? Does the author live in a fantasy world where he's just happens to be so lucky to be one of the "enlightened ones?" This isn't just hyperbole, this is idiotic.