I want to give them money but since my childhood my parents pretty much told me that they are all either faking it or are too lazy to go to work for money. I mean, I guess they can go to work but not everyone gets accepted to work as easy as it sounds like.

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    10 months ago

    The thing about “Don’t do X, because we SHOULD do Y”

    Is that nobody’s doing Y, and we’re nowhere close to getting there, so, until we are, we should support the X.

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        10 months ago

        Sure - if your alternative is doing nothing. It’s not like he’s saying giving money to beggars is immoral, it’s just amoral.

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        10 months ago

        Or what if we support anyone who can help in the way that they are able and feel comfortable helping?

        Trying to help, helps, even if they aren’t helping how you think they should.