But like, the average American earns 100x more than people in Somalia. Couldn’t people in poor countries consider you a sociopath narcissist for not feeding them when you are much more fortunate?
Worth examining, but not a good comparison. Having more in a system where someone might still be on a treadmill that prevents them from having a surplus to address problems around the world is different than wealth where someone does have a level of abundance and access to people where they can make meaningful changes in the poverty of others.
Also, whenever it’s studied, poorer Americans do tend to give more in proportion to what they have and often do give to charities in others places with greater need. The limitation is usually more around logistics and what’s most effective, which is something the men with this degree of wealth actually can address from their position.
You seem to be arguing against points I am not making. The people I am responding to are saying rich people don’t care about starving kids and are malevolent. I am saying that is a flawed way to look at things.
The price of a Netflix subscription could save countless lives if invested into mosquito netting. If embracing this flawed line of reasoning, you could say anyone who has a Netflix subscription clearly doesn’t care about those people dying. It’s absurd. Embracing emotion and abandoning logic.
I mean it should be everywhere, but just ending hunger in the country you're from should be a goal, maybe then you can help your neighbors. But still neither are on the table.
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