My overall political philosophy here is that individual elective donations solve few problems, and that large-scale collective action (whether by governments or

My overall political philosophy here is that individual elective donations solve few problems, and that large-scale collective action (whether by governments or large employers) is a much better solution overall. E.g. SNAP is a lot more effective and efficient at ensuring that people don't go hungry than relying on individual people to continuously choose to donate food/money. Same for this. One individual elective donation to an open source project doesn't do much. A larger system though can do a lot.