Jeff Bezos donates $33M to help DACA students attend college • Hacker News Board

Re: Jeff Bezos donates $33M to help DACA students attend college

#31

Post by tanilama » Sat, Jan 13, 2018, 9:57 AM UTC

Banthum wrote: post #26

There are a ton of citizens who would benefit from college but can't afford to go. I struggle to see the utility in discriminating against your own poverty-stricken countrymen in this. What's the real motivation?

Real motivation is he wants to help DACAs. Does this mean to you he doesn't care about other people's life. Or you are saying it is unethical for him to donate to DACA unless he solves everyone's problem otherwise he should do none of that? This is a quite reactionary world view that doesn't really help you.

Re: Jeff Bezos donates $33M to help DACA students attend college

#32

Post by threatofrain » Sat, Jan 13, 2018, 10:17 AM UTC

Banthum wrote: post #26

There are a ton of citizens who would benefit from college but can't afford to go. I struggle to see the utility in discriminating against your own poverty-stricken countrymen in this. What's the real motivation?

There's an argument to be had on the lasting consequences of uneven help, or even whether billionaire opportunism is net good for society, but yours doesn't look like a good starting point because it appears to demand perfect help or no help.

Perhaps people are susceptible to recency and trendiness; and perhaps Jeff Bezos also sees opportunistic political timing; and perhaps Jeff Bezos thinks that the uncertain future of hundreds of thousands is a bit tragic; or perhaps the nature of help is naturally uneven, because we are best equipped to help the few issues in front of us.

But your discussion narrowly starts with the character of specifically one Jeff Bezos.

Re: Jeff Bezos donates $33M to help DACA students attend college

#33

Post by natecavanaugh » Sun, Jan 14, 2018, 1:21 AM UTC

I don't care what percentage of his income this represents, I am happy for the 33M that wasn't there before.

These are real people it will impact, with real families, and real benefits.

Let's each examine what percentage of our income we have contributed, and then maybe walk around looking down our noses, if you really donate for that privilege.