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If those families are not my friends, why should I care? I had the foresight to see the bread shortage coming, I paid for the bread with my own money. I don't see why I should give away the things I've spent time and energy on. Not my issue they are dumb.
Libertarians are just republicans who are more open about not wanting statutory rape to be a crime.
And both can fuck right off, back into the hole they crawled out of. Libertarians are just rich AnCaps, and Republicans are just Monarchists with new paint slapped on.
Sorry, you sounded exactly like Ayn fucking Rand, so I kinda figured...
Ew, why would you say that to someone? That's gross! Nasty!
Touting selfishness as rational and acceptable, if not virtuous, will do that.
Imagine thinking that having solidarity and basic empathy is dumb. Wild take.
I am not the world's keeper. I do not have the responsibility, let alone the power, to help literally everybody.
Responsibility without power is a form of subordination, and I'm not subordinate to those families that I don't even know.
Nor the willingness to help anybody but your own.
Because I actually have the power to help those. Unlike the rest of the world.
I didn't say a thing about power. It's clear from your initial comment that it's willingness, regardless of power.
This "fuck you I got mine" attitude is why the world is shit.
You have no concept of "community".
No, it's "fuck you I got ours".
Edgelord. Grow up.
I did exactly that: When I was young, I too wanted to help the world, but as an adult I recognize that responsibility without power is just a form of subordination, and I am not going to be subordinate to people I don't even know, nor have ever met.
I cannot bear the world's responsibility without any power. Fuck all that.
Mhmm yep. Waa life's not fair people are jerks so I'm going to be a jerk too.
Allow me to repeat myself, Edgelord, GROW UP.
Yeah, those little kids deserve to be forced to work in lithium mines. They should have tought about it before being born in a poor country /s
Go complain to politicians, not me - I don't have any power over the abstract "little kids" you're speaking of. Why should I bear responsibility without power to change it?
Ok Nostradumbass
Basic human decency.
Basic decency does not require radical self-sacrifice or the erasure of loyalties.
Where does radical self-sacrifice and the erasure of loyalties come into play in this situation?
Me giving away the food I had planned for my friends and family.
That’s not what is being discussed in the post.
Because the time may come that they take it and before that you may miss out on something just because someone else you don't directly know didn't eat. 1D chess nostrdumbass
Sorry, I don't follow. Miss out on what? I constantly miss out on all kinds of things (like skydiving, bouldering, etc) and my friends and I are completely fine.
If I ever need a new handle, I'm adopting "NostraDumbass" - that's funny as shit! 😂
Watch the kurzgesagt on altruism.
I watched it. Now what?
Sure, helping everyone on earth so we can all help each other is a nice ideal, but I'm not convinced that reality will play out positively.
Look at Africa: Most of the developed world is pumping billions into the continent, and all I see is that they're becoming dependent on us. Not good for them, not good for us. If we can share something for free (*cough* software) that's completely fine, but if we send them money and materials, and they squander it, because they have some corrupt leaders, then what?
We can't capture said corrupt leader, because Europe is the good guys, and we don't invade other countries, unlike dirty America... But is that actually helpful for this theoretical country?
You do realize that africa is poor because the IMF and the world bank keep it trapped in debt right?
This dumbass doesn't know what the IMF is much less how a debt trap works. He's gonna ask chat GPT when he sees your comment
I'm not convinced your "friends" aren't just using you in some way or are very casual acquaintances and you're not picking up on the distance. No one in your part of the spectrum with your sociopathic tendencies has friends, you have useful relationships. Mildly entertaining troll 6/10