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Charity is the bandaid covering a societal failure
A bandaid that lets wealthy people get an ego boost and a tax write off
Let’s not forget that they create charitable ‘foundations’ which then work with lawmakers to create legislation, thus giving themselves greater influence over the relevant laws as well.
I once tried to explain this to someone Christian, they just called me selfish.