Unpopular Opinion
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Fair enough, my more nuanced opinion is that there is a large number of people who do give to charity, feel good about it, spread the opinion that it's a feel good thing, and do indirectly cause voters to feel like they already give enough money to charity and higher taxes are unfair. I am aware this opinion is unpopular, hence the post to get it off my chest haha
People participating in charity aren't wrong, just the perception that it's something to advocate people giving to, without also advocating for stronger public services in the same breath.
My title was perhaps a little click-baity.
I don't dislike charity, I dislike people (and charities) encouraging others to give money to charity, without also advocating for better public services via taxation. And many, many charities don't do this, which I don't understand since many charities also get public funding (at least in my state of Victoria, Australia, they do)
This opinion is also subject to the relative stability of the government you live under. In my case, very stable, and totally doable.