Yeah sorry I think the message of my post was sloppy. I agree that American give a lot, I just doubt that their generosity really tells you much about their character. Partly because of your point, that they’re enriching an industry more than the supposed targets of the philanthropy, and also because there’s so much excess in the US that it’s easy to give.
Yeah Americans clap like seals with Bezos and Musk and Zuckerberg and Gates give away “billions.” But poor and working people helping each other rarely get attention unless it’s fetishizing poverty and the act of charity without further analysis or advocacy for change. It’s the old bible adage of the one with nothing doing the giving has given away more than the rich man with everything doing the giving. But here in the US, the poor man sees the rich man as inspirational lol
Yeah sorry I think the message of my post was sloppy. I agree that American give a lot, I just doubt that their generosity really tells you much about their character. Partly because of your point, that they’re enriching an industry more than the supposed targets of the philanthropy, and also because there’s so much excess in the US that it’s easy to give.
Yeah Americans clap like seals with Bezos and Musk and Zuckerberg and Gates give away “billions.” But poor and working people helping each other rarely get attention unless it’s fetishizing poverty and the act of charity without further analysis or advocacy for change. It’s the old bible adage of the one with nothing doing the giving has given away more than the rich man with everything doing the giving. But here in the US, the poor man sees the rich man as inspirational lol