Hello, my name is Cris. :)

I like being nice to people on the internet and looking at cool art stuff

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Cake day: July 6th, 2023

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  • If you carefully read the negatives and positives he’s saying kinda the opposite of the first guy :)

    I see no reason to believe that letting this guy make unilateral decisions is somehow better than taxing him appropriately and using the revenue to build public housing.

    “I don’t believe letting them just spend their money this way is better than doing it with taxes”

    And then even more simplified (obviously loosing nuance)

    “I don’t think this is as good as doing this with taxes”



  • People are downvoting because “retarded” is increasingly considered a slur or hateful term (just providing context, do with that what you will)

    Did anyone say that it was better this way? He could just go buy another yatch instead.

    No one is saying it’s better for rich people to independently spend money on charity pet projects. Appropriate taxation is better but this was still a good way for him to spend his money, it’s still good for him to help his community (he could have just spent that money on a yacht)

    Dont let perfection be the enemy of better

    This is a variation on the saying “don’t let perfect be the enemy of good”. Which means don’t reject good things just because they aren’t perfect. Perfect is an ideal that doesn’t exist, and good is still worth celebrating.

    In this case, the commenter is saying that perfect would be better taxation and government programs that provide this service to the people. But a private citizen helping people with their private wealth still helps people. That’s a good thing even if it’s not the perfect ideal solution

    Personally I am a huge advocate of the “don’t let perfect be the enemy of good” mentality :) hope this helps and I hope you have a good day!