>>>Actually, they're just patching the system, fixing some of the symptoms here and there, while most of the time doing nothing substantial to fight the causes. But they feel good doing that.
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>>You can be chariable on your own anonymously, just because it's the right thing to do. :)
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>Which you won't ever know, because I did or did not do it anonymously. But I don't do charity, I do solidarity. Charity is the wrong thing to do, because you have to put yourself among the haves and the recipient among the have-nots first. Solidarity doesn't presume any such thing, it's just one fellow human helping another; tomorrow it may be the other way around.
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>I did donate blood some 20+ times - it involves no money, and no social positions.
Well, whatever you call it, you did the right thing... not that you need my approval. :)
The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
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