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One reason people aren't charitable anymore is because the government has muscled itself into that role. It also doesn't help matters when it shuts down people's soup kitchens for bureaucratic "violations", threatening them with prosecution, and makes laws banning "public food sharing".
Yep, because 19th century London/New York was a paradise for the poor. It's all pretty good in the slums of Delhi right now I guess. I'd have more respect for the "We shouldn't collect taxes some of which help poor people" if people objecting just straight out said "I don't want to help poor people". Part of living in a society is that it is a society, I grew up in the UK, my parents paid taxes, those taxes went towa…
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