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There are plenty of nonprofits making a difference, your cynicism aside.

• cwmoore 4mo ago
  How is that difference measured, in general? Setting aside cynicism is one thing but what answers are there for skepticism besides the very common moralizing personal attacks? When I see a lot of nonprofit leadership improving their own lot much more reliably than the people “they serve”, I wonder if the handouts are just being politically diverted to the best and most politically valuable promoters. If UBI is off the table, competition for gatekeeping resources becomes a dark market.
  • idiotsecant 4mo ago
    So your honest position that you're arguing here is that literally every nonprofit is not making a difference? Every one of them? What are we even talking about here?
    • cwmoore 4mo ago
      >How is that difference measured? So it is personal attacks? Are you joking? Is there no gatekeeping of pools of money?
  • ForHackernews 4mo ago
    https://www.cartercenter.org/programs/guinea-worm/#by-the-numbers https://www.cartercenter.org/programs/guinea-worm/#by-the-nu... > Since our efforts began in 1986, the incidence of Guinea worm has fallen by more than 99.99% to 10* human cases in 2025
    • cwmoore 4mo ago
      Notice I am not asking for an example. Anecdata of one, and for sure there are many, in isolation is—demonstrably—mostly PR.