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Children aren't dying of malaria due to lack of funds. They're dying due to terrible governments in those places. Unless you're advocating for regime change and
by anon291 2y ago
Children aren't dying of malaria due to lack of funds. They're dying due to terrible governments in those places. Unless you're advocating for regime change and colonization, no amount of money is going to fix that.
The data are unequivocal that liberal democracy, civil rights, and economic freedom lift people out of poverty, but this message is toxic in many parts of the world, and thus many countries live in unnecessary poverty, dependent upon donations from rich countries that follow the straightforwards, simple advice to be well off.
- j_timberlake 2y agoYou can donate $3.5k to a relevant charity and save a kid's life. Debating how much better things would be with better governments doesn't change that.
- anon291 2y agoThere's a moral calculus where you have to determine if the money is really going there and if any of the money is instead supporting a despotic regime. I don't disagree. I do donate to missions where I know the individuals personally.