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OftenBen  ·  3509 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Charity

    This is one of the many reasons I think an increase in government funded basic science research is important. There are diseases out there that are not 'popular', so research into them gets very little funding.

I understand this point.

However, I think that by nature, we should encourage people to be charitable, and combine with that a pride in knowing for a fact what your philanthropies are doing, and how your money is used. Cash=Speech these days, and a lot of people end up 'saying' they approve of things that they would otherwise find abhorrent.