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Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

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Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

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Why only consider within-country inequality (and, yes, I realize that the answer is 'because it's partly a publicity stunt, and humans are biased and parochial')?

The average American is incomparable wealthy compared to the average African, and you can on average save a life for only a few $thousand to one of Givewell's top recommended charities.

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

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post #2

Why only consider within-country inequality (and, yes, I realize that the answer is 'because it's partly a publicity stunt, and humans are biased and parochial')? The average American is incomparable wealthy compared to the average African, and you can on average save a life for only a few $thousand to one of Givewell's top recommended charities.

It's a stunt to prove socialism is great. What it actually demonstrated is that charity works great. Charity is not socialism.

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

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post #2

Why only consider within-country inequality (and, yes, I realize that the answer is 'because it's partly a publicity stunt, and humans are biased and parochial')? The average American is incomparable wealthy compared to the average African, and you can on average save a life for only a few $thousand to one of Givewell's top recommended charities.

It's a stunt to prove socialism is great. What it actually demonstrated is that charity works great. Charity is not socialism.

Ah, the old "private charity will solve all our problems" meme.

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

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post #2

Why only consider within-country inequality (and, yes, I realize that the answer is 'because it's partly a publicity stunt, and humans are biased and parochial')? The average American is incomparable wealthy compared to the average African, and you can on average save a life for only a few $thousand to one of Givewell's top recommended charities.

The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics [1] strikes again.

1: https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-eth...

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

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I suspect the audience of people who really like Cards Against Humanity leans towards people who like being "politically incorrect", because the card game often inspires people to be incredibly offensive. It seems likely that their audience includes lots of 4channers, shitlords, extremists, racists, or any other group of people known to be generally offensive.

By making moves like this, they're showing everyone else that they aren't actually so bad - which is an interesting business decision. So maybe if you're a really sensitive person, you see this kind of thing they do with their money, and don't feel too bad about buying or playing an offensive game.

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

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post #2

Why only consider within-country inequality (and, yes, I realize that the answer is 'because it's partly a publicity stunt, and humans are biased and parochial')? The average American is incomparable wealthy compared to the average African, and you can on average save a life for only a few $thousand to one of Givewell's top recommended charities.

Is it mandated that every top level comment on HN has to be some kind of cynical, nit-picky whining? Lighten up. This is incredible.

Re: Cards Against Humanity Redistributes Your Wealth

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post #6

Wait... all these people paid $15 to begin with? Are you really that poor if you can flip out $15 for any little thing that comes along.

Maybe they're poor because they're constantly wasting money buying frivolous things online instead of paying their bills.
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