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0 pointsarolihas12d ago0 comments

Donating to charities or NGOs might be more harmful than anything you've ever done.

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If you ever actually see the work or something charities on the ground and the people they help you might change your mind very quickly. They certainly do more good than another million in some index fund.

arolihasOP11d ago

Depends on where and what work they are doing.

dijit12d ago

Fly-by snark is an interesting choice.

What were you hoping to achieve with this comment other than making a person who is being vulnerable to anonymous internet denizens feel worse?

arolihasOP11d ago

Just another perspective, no snark intended. I don’t see how helping “refugees” is some objective good.

dijit11d ago

Guess your country was never invaded by a genocidal expansionist neighbour or been taken over by a militant theocracy/dictatorship.

Hope for your sake that it doesn’t happen. In the meantime, I’ll keep supporting Ukrainians.

I don’t consider it harmful.

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rob7412d ago

I guess you were among the ones applauding when Elon put USAID "into the woodchipper"?

arolihasOP11d ago

Not really. Just mortified at how incapable the people we have been supposedly helping for decades are after just a short stop in funding.

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zipy12412d ago

arolihasOP11d ago

Depends on where and what work they are doing.

dijit12d ago

Fly-by snark is an interesting choice.

What were you hoping to achieve with this comment other than making a person who is being vulnerable to anonymous internet denizens feel worse?

arolihasOP11d ago

Just another perspective, no snark intended. I don’t see how helping “refugees” is some objective good.

dijit11d ago

Guess your country was never invaded by a genocidal expansionist neighbour or been taken over by a militant theocracy/dictatorship.

Hope for your sake that it doesn’t happen. In the meantime, I’ll keep supporting Ukrainians.

I don’t consider it harmful.

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rob7412d ago

I guess you were among the ones applauding when Elon put USAID "into the woodchipper"?

arolihasOP11d ago

Not really. Just mortified at how incapable the people we have been supposedly helping for decades are after just a short stop in funding.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse