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It's a disgrace. Not to pick on any particular person, considering that Silicon Valley has dozens of billionaires and thousands of filthy rich people, but Sean
by onecommentonly 13y ago
It's a disgrace. Not to pick on any particular person, considering that Silicon Valley has dozens of billionaires and thousands of filthy rich people, but Sean Parker got lucky with Facebook and spent like $12.5m in a wedding (including a fine). It's their money and all, but can't these rich people also write a $1 million check to an org as important as EFF ?
- StavrosK 13y agoCan you write a $5 check to "an org as important as EFF", or are you just complaining that rich people don't donate?
- onecommentonly 13y agoYou are assuming I didn't write that $50 check.
- StavrosK 13y agoDid you?
- onecommentonly 13y agoTo answer precisely: I have given more than $50 each to both ACLU and EFF in the past 10 years.
- alan_cx 13y agoHow much one donates is a distraction from the actual point. The point is that these people have made their fortunes using the internet, and probably in no small part the freedoms that exist(ed). Its is not that they are rich, is system on which they got rich. I think many people would feel that such people should donate as a sort of pay back, paying one's dues. The rich part of the point simple suggests that a decent donation would be small fry to such people, and cause them no pain. $5 to some people could be a significant hit to the pocket. Edit: Been in garden, letting the subconscious flow, and it suddenly occurred to me that donations from the likes of google and facebook would be a problem. Eventually EFF would be accused of being in google's pocket and all hell would break loose. Begs the question: how can the likes of google donate to the likes of the EFF with out there being the suspicion of a conflict of interest?
- gwern 13y agoI certainly can write a check for $5 (and have donated more than that), but the thing is, a $1m donation from a rich person does a lot more than my $5 - specifically, it does 200,000x more. The widow's mite is, in the end, still just a mite.