But it’s not the billionaires’ fault that that’s the system we live in. So when they do do charitable giving, I’m happy to give them the credit for it.
Billionaires donate in order to buy positive publicity, so giving them credit is literally helping them uphold this shitty system. Every time you claim that they’re doing a good thing, you are spreading the belief that they are not a net negative to society. Not only are social programs far larger and more efficient than their donations, working class people donate a larger percentage of their disposable income than they do. If all their spare wealth was instead in the hands of workers, more of it would go towards charity. It’s not simply the perfect being the enemy of the good; giving credit helps them prevent reform and take more from us.
Also, it is absolutely billionaires’ fault that we live in the system we do. Literally no specific individuals or class of people are more responsible for the society’s problems than them. Why the fuck would I give a pat on the back to the people who create these problems in the first place? Even outside of the propaganda that spreads, the only ultra wealthy people who are ever deserving of praise are those who donate enough to stop being ultra wealthy. The only good billionaire is a dead one, and I will never give a single one credit.
Billionaires donate in order to buy positive publicity, so giving them credit is literally helping them uphold this shitty system. Every time you claim that they’re doing a good thing, you are spreading the belief that they are not a net negative to society. Not only are social programs far larger and more efficient than their donations, working class people donate a larger percentage of their disposable income than they do. If all their spare wealth was instead in the hands of workers, more of it would go towards charity. It’s not simply the perfect being the enemy of the good; giving credit helps them prevent reform and take more from us.
Also, it is absolutely billionaires’ fault that we live in the system we do. Literally no specific individuals or class of people are more responsible for the society’s problems than them. Why the fuck would I give a pat on the back to the people who create these problems in the first place? Even outside of the propaganda that spreads, the only ultra wealthy people who are ever deserving of praise are those who donate enough to stop being ultra wealthy. The only good billionaire is a dead one, and I will never give a single one credit.