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Most charities on that list are on sharp sides of deeply polarizing culture war issues and it is not at all clear that their causes align with the “American Dre
by gandalfgeek 2y ago
Most charities on that list are on sharp sides of deeply polarizing culture war issues and it is not at all clear that their causes align with the “American Dream”.
If the last election was any indication then more than half the country explicitly rejected many of them.
- gadders 2y agoYeah, this is more like a democrat wish list, donating to help polices that the electorate didn't want.
- palmfacehn 2y agoThe author engages in classism, yet he is a multimillionaire funding things the voters rejected.
- micromacrofoot 2y agoabortion rights did amazingly well even in states that supported trump... the other issues are: * child hunger * veteran support * censorship * financial literacy so I guess the unpopular ones in your eyes are... * civil rights * lgbtq rights * immigration hard to give a blanket "democrat wishlist" when more than half are generally favorable across party lines
- gadders 2y agoGoing through the list: * child hunger - Global rather than US-focussed. * veteran support - OK * censorship - Ish. The campus free speech stuff looks OK, but there is the usual culture war "book banning" by preventing sexually explicit material been shown to young children. * financial literacy - OK * civil rights - a lot of it looks like the Soros-funded lenient DA stuff * lgbtq rights - I think the main flashpoint is the "t" in that acronym * immigration - obviously contentious, even within right wing circles
- micromacrofoot 2y agoright, so hardly a "democrat wishlist" then