I’m don’t donate because I’m over saturated with requests to donate. I already donate $500 a year to my local elementary school, $500 a year to fund a college entrance award, and then other small amounts here and there, mostly to FOSS projects. My family and I donate regularly to the community fridge and nothing drives.
I think that’s enough, but every single day I need to navigate several phone calls and every cash register. It’s gotten silly.
No you don’t understand, this is exactly how capitalism is supposed to work! Once you get rich enough (and everybody gets rich under capitalism, that’s the beauty of it!) then you can spend as much money you want on things like “helping the poor”, and “food”, and since everyone becomes richer under capitalism, it’s inevitable that the poor will get rich, just like you will be one day! So skip the donating part, invest in stocks, and then when YOU are back on your feet, THEN you can help the poor, so that they TOO can get back on their feet! It’s the perfect system, as long as you don’t donate your money!
Thank you for donating but there are tens of millions of people out there that don’t donate at all. At least the register makes it more likely that some of them will throw in a dollar
I see it the exact opposite, I actively avoid organizations that obnoxiously reach out requesting donation via register and cold calling. If I value the charity I donate but the second it starts being annoying I cease donation period. Even moreso the retail store sponsored ones
I’m don’t donate because I’m over saturated with requests to donate. I already donate $500 a year to my local elementary school, $500 a year to fund a college entrance award, and then other small amounts here and there, mostly to FOSS projects. My family and I donate regularly to the community fridge and nothing drives.
I think that’s enough, but every single day I need to navigate several phone calls and every cash register. It’s gotten silly.
No you don’t understand, this is exactly how capitalism is supposed to work! Once you get rich enough (and everybody gets rich under capitalism, that’s the beauty of it!) then you can spend as much money you want on things like “helping the poor”, and “food”, and since everyone becomes richer under capitalism, it’s inevitable that the poor will get rich, just like you will be one day! So skip the donating part, invest in stocks, and then when YOU are back on your feet, THEN you can help the poor, so that they TOO can get back on their feet! It’s the perfect system, as long as you don’t donate your money!
Thank you for donating but there are tens of millions of people out there that don’t donate at all. At least the register makes it more likely that some of them will throw in a dollar
I see it the exact opposite, I actively avoid organizations that obnoxiously reach out requesting donation via register and cold calling. If I value the charity I donate but the second it starts being annoying I cease donation period. Even moreso the retail store sponsored ones