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Being grateful means implicitly accepting the status quo that poor people have to rely on rich people's charity. Oscar Wilde is saying that society should not a
by mrpopo 5y ago
Being grateful means implicitly accepting the status quo that poor people have to rely on rich people's charity. Oscar Wilde is saying that society should not accept that status quo, and that wealth redistribution should be unconditional, either via better opportunities of earning money or via taxes. Not sure what makes you upset about that.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoIt makes me upset for a few reasons, if you're interested to know. First is the idea that a rich person can measure the "best" type of poor person. Excluding criminals, there aren't better or worse poor people. Just people struggling to survive. The second is the idea that charity isn't beneficial. I've personally benefitted from countless acts of small charity throughout my life, and I'm not even poor. Nowadays I try to pay it forward by donating to Watsi, and I'm quite certain that the kid whose finger got cut off by a bandsaw is now grateful to be treating his staph infection, thanks to charitable donations. The third reason is that it's being used as a talking point on HN rather than us, y'know, thanking her for giving away so much when she didn't need to. It's implicitly criticizing what she's doing. Which would be fine, if the critique had merit. But what is being proposed here, exactly? A wealth redistribution program that makes such "donations" mandatory?
- jessaustin 5y ago...either via better opportunities of earning money or via taxes. These aren't the only possibilities.
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