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Everything should be voluntary philantrhopy! It seems like the ideal state if people are willing to do the pro-social thing by their own volition. Is it better
by s1artibartfast 4mo ago
Everything should be voluntary philantrhopy! It seems like the ideal state if people are willing to do the pro-social thing by their own volition.
Is it better if your child does their homework because they freely choose to, or is it better that they do it because you will beat them with a belt?
- riffraff 4mo agoBut people are not voluntarily philanthropists. There's a reason we had to introduce work regulations so you don't have children working 13 hours shifts in coal mines. It's way better if my children study by themselves, but if left to their own devises they'll just watch cartoons all day. (Not advocating for belting kids, just saying there's a gap between utopia and reality)
- WalterBright 4mo ago> There's a reason we had to introduce work regulations so you don't have children working 13 hours shifts in coal mines. Coincidentally, the regulations appeared when it was no longer profitable to employ children. If you don't believe that, just imagine what jobs kids could do in your workplace. I can't think of any. Coal mining today is done with industrial machines.
- lazyasciiart 4mo agoThe laws slightly pre-date todays offices.
- gregoryl 4mo agoPeople who are voluntary philanthropists tend not to amass fortunes.
- s1artibartfast 4mo agoBut philanthropy does exist. The question is if that is better than tax funding. It is interesting how reactionary people are to the topic.
- anhyz 4mo agoI'm sure if we just cut taxes a little more, our modern-day robber barons will choose to use their money to fix things on their own instead of building doomsday bunkers and buying superyachts.
- 9dev 4mo agoit will start to trickle down any moment now!
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- fragmede 4mo agoThat trickling down? It's them pissing all over us.
- layla5alive 4mo agoIt is trickling down, always has been! The emperor IS wearing beautiful clothes, also!
- s1artibartfast 4mo agoDo you understand what ideal means? Would you rather have the government do something then people do it?
- joquarky 4mo agoThe idea used to be that they were the same. In practice, the government only represents the most sociopathic people.
- layla5alive 4mo agoEvery day that passes this seems to become more true. I don't believe this must be true. I don't believe it was always true.. but gosh have we taken some turns..