In truth, there's a lot of injustice in this world, and that's not something that can be legislated or marketed away or even corrected except in some small way by charitable people doing charitable things on their own or in small groups. We shouldn't feel guilty for good fortune, but we can still help lift the lost, weak, innocent, dying.
Corporations, charities, and governments cannot, and will not, do that: they are an expensive middleman; more than that, they are an abstraction layer that insulates us from the pain of others.
Chattel slavery was eradicated solely through government action and radical philanthropy. Political equality for women has likewise advanced by those same means.
There's a cost and sometimes we display a weakness of character for not paying it.
Minnie balls, Spenser Rifles, trenches, revetments and mechanized transport by rail and steamship contributed to the 1,000,000 deaths in the US Civil War. Slavery didn't go down without a fight and that fight was industrial.
In truth, there's a lot of injustice in this world, and that's not something that can be legislated or marketed away or even corrected except in some small way by charitable people doing charitable things on their own or in small groups. We shouldn't feel guilty for good fortune, but we can still help lift the lost, weak, innocent, dying.
Corporations, charities, and governments cannot, and will not, do that: they are an expensive middleman; more than that, they are an abstraction layer that insulates us from the pain of others.
This is humanity. This is us.