MEME: Leftist vision #1

I am selfish. I am not greedy. I am however selfish. I will protect my own family, my own property, my friends, etc. before I go out of my way to protect someone else.

If those things are protected and I am in a position to help someone voluntarily I often choose to do so.

I do not believe in compassion by proxy. I don't think giving other people money to solve problems is compassionate. It is more virtue signalling.

I only think you can be compassionate if you take the action yourself.

That is me.

If I want to help people I will do so.

I will not throw money into the ether and hope some bureaucratic entity will spend it wisely and actually help people. From my research they tend to make things worse.

If we just did it ourselves we'd ACTUALLY be compassionate and we'd likely get a lot more done.

0.00 VYB

[-]

aussieninja 2 years ago

I'm the opposite honestly. I have no problem throwing money at experts like dentists, accountants, mechanics, arborists, etc to help me solve problems. I know it's impossible to know everything so I'm happy to depend on the wealth of knowledge others have spent their lives acquiring to help me solve problems. Obviously I put a lot of effort into finding a good expert, I have some horror stories like everyone else.

I'd do the same for people who would clean up a river or create a wetlands. I don't have expertise in that area so it makes sense to contribute to those with the knowledge and tools to be successful. Obviously I've donated manpower when that's what's needed, but I'm aware that I can't be everywhere and I only have so much time/effort to donate.

0.00 VYB