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Keith D JohnsonPhilanthropy exists to launder the reputations of the rich.
David Velasquez@KeithDJohnson soooo close to perfection: it really ought to say “filthy rich” IMHO, but still an automatic repost.
Michael@KeithDJohnson @oldredsubby see: Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, …
Threadbane@MPgh @KeithDJohnson @oldredsubby
Bill Gates, Ivanka Trump...
There definitely should be no IRS deductions for charities of any kind or PSAs to support them. Even more especially, there should be no deductions for religious donations. If there were ever an evil billionaire (and remember, corporations are people) laundering its reputation with token charities it's the Vatican.
Bill Gates, Ivanka Trump...
There definitely should be no IRS deductions for charities of any kind or PSAs to support them. Even more especially, there should be no deductions for religious donations. If there were ever an evil billionaire (and remember, corporations are people) laundering its reputation with token charities it's the Vatican.
John McFarlane@Threadbane @MPgh @KeithDJohnson @oldredsubby or don't forget schools for the rich! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/03/relieving-britains-public-schools-state-handout-shame-acto-of-charity
@JSAMcFarlane @MPgh @KeithDJohnson @oldredsubby
Definitely hitting an old philosophical war injury here! I actually believe that there should be NO private schools, K-12. Not any. To home school one would have to produce at least a bachelor's degree and it can't be in religious studies or some such hokum.
Even now, there should be no tax deductions for private schooling. College tuition should be a deduction only for state or community colleges/universities, not for Yale or Dartmouth.
Definitely hitting an old philosophical war injury here! I actually believe that there should be NO private schools, K-12. Not any. To home school one would have to produce at least a bachelor's degree and it can't be in religious studies or some such hokum.
Even now, there should be no tax deductions for private schooling. College tuition should be a deduction only for state or community colleges/universities, not for Yale or Dartmouth.
Pablo Martini@KeithDJohnson brilliant! Well put!
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Loren Hall@KeithDJohnson It also serves to legitimize the false notion that we RELY on the generosity of rich people to pay for what we need as a nation, which gives them the authority to determine who gets help and who doesn't, and which strings are attached.
⏚ Antoine Chambert-Loir@KeithDJohnson
For a concrete illustration, go watch the recent documentary movie *All the beauty and the bloodshed* by Laura Poitras around Nan Goldin's life and work and her activism against the Sackler family.
For a concrete illustration, go watch the recent documentary movie *All the beauty and the bloodshed* by Laura Poitras around Nan Goldin's life and work and her activism against the Sackler family.
Steve Buzzard@antoinechambertloir @KeithDJohnson Excellent doc.
Rickd6@KeithDJohnson sounds about right.
Kavana Ramaswamy@KeithDJohnson
I really like the idea of calling philanthropy "reputation laundering" or "name laundering".
Introduce billionaires as reputation launderers instead of philanthropists.
@kavana @KeithDJohnson
I've long suspected that billionaires somehow manage to swing a profit off of some their charities, for example, I can imagine the sales of Windows 95 went up as cheery-cheeked Bill and his wife announced the Gates Foundation (or whatever it's called) on national TV. The Vatican's famous fake charity, Mother Theresa (ref. Christopher Hitchens, The Missionary Position), made the Church many billions.
I've long suspected that billionaires somehow manage to swing a profit off of some their charities, for example, I can imagine the sales of Windows 95 went up as cheery-cheeked Bill and his wife announced the Gates Foundation (or whatever it's called) on national TV. The Vatican's famous fake charity, Mother Theresa (ref. Christopher Hitchens, The Missionary Position), made the Church many billions.
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Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑@KeithDJohnson
No family need, nor deserve, a personal wealth over 10 Mil dollars. It's that simple. If you can tell the difference between living on 10 mil dollars and 100 mil dollars you are living wrong.
I am not saying "eat the rich", I am saying "the existence of billionaires proves society is broken" and we should probably do something about that.
Oh and yeah. "Philanthropy" is per definition not enough. If you gave enough that you actually felt it, it wouldn't be "philanthropy".
Jon AwbreyIt's far worse than that. In many cases the money spent is actually just a #LossLeader for what is really a #HostileCorporateTakeover of the #PublicSector.
Cynthia loves masks@KeithDJohnson adding to this, because the private institutions they looove so much don't do jack shit for ordinary folks after the public institutions get gutted, the rest of us have to pick up the pieces with our individual charitable efforts.
Demian@KeithDJohnson and often to exert power. Corporate ed reform being major example
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Lupposofi@KeithDJohnson Do you mean 'love of humanity' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthropy, or some specific modern perversion of it? Re-definitions are always problematic. Subvertising and brandalism I cherish.
Gurtbeef Robe@KeithDJohnson I don’t care if it’s a PR stunt or done for completely selfish reasons like taxes, as long as it actually helps people. We need to keep exposing rich cons and remind the public of their actual awfulness, but philanthropy is often 1 of only 2 positive contributions to society that rich people make. The other is the joy they bring people when they die.
Jack IversI love the whitewashing derived names such as sportswashing, muskwashing, and in this case, what, richwashing?
Julia@KeithDJohnson don’t forget the secondary use of papering over ever widening gaps in what should be public services.
dasparadoxon@KeithDJohnson actually, I think it exists to launder their money.
Jill Minor@KeithDJohnson the only billionaire philanthropist I respect is named Mackensie if she hasn’t managed to give enough away yet to not be a billionaire
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Kevin Karhan 
@KeithDJohnson EXACTLY THAT IS THE PROBLEM!!!
Also: #Corruption is #legal!
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And it goes beyond just PR. Often those "non-profits" are just tax minimizing marketing arms for for-profit corporations.
For example many non-profits based on a particular chronic disease raise money for "awareness" and "research", which is given to a single company (whose founders also founded them) who then gets to keep all research+profits private and avoid researching potential cures (very unprofitable!) instead researching only more lucrative "treatments".
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Sydney Carton@KeithDJohnson Misanthropic philanthropy?
Nlroundabout@KeithDJohnson Ever hear of black and white thinking?
Phil Sherry@KeithDJohnson @patrick_h_lauke That’s not all they launder.
Frances LarinaThat subtext though, about replacing public institutions with private ones...that really hits home. Especially now, when so many wealthy people really don't seem to care about their reputations. They donate for the accounting advantages and for their egos.
hapbt@KeithDJohnson also to further shape our world and our children’s futures into whatever their vision is of how we should live
JL Roberson@KeithDJohnson Having worked in philanthropy nonprofit: can confirm.
Ghislain Vaillant@KeithDJohnson nails it perfectly 👌
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters@KeithDJohnson
Yes, we cottoned onto this many years ago, most #philanthropy is #fauxlanthropy.
A brilliant documentary on how #thePeople have been systematically transitioned from being an active '#citizen' to a docile '#consumer' is The Century Of The Self (#AdamCurtis/BBC, 2002).
It cover a suite of propaganda techniques used to #engineerConsent for all manner of abuse by large #corporations.
Laloofah@KeithDJohnson “We want to be rich; & the richer we get, the more ruthless we become, even though we may contribute large sums to charity & education. Having robbed the victim, we return to him a little of the spoils, & this we call philanthropy. I do not think we realize what catastrophes we are preparing...”
~J. Krishnamurti, “Education & the Significance of Life”
~J. Krishnamurti, “Education & the Significance of Life”
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culpaplex"Charity is the drowning of justice in the craphole of mercy." (Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi)
Dana das Grau 🧙🏻🧝♂️@KeithDJohnson it also exists to validate the collegiate Greek society. “We don’t just party, we do philanthropy and stuff.”
Julie Smith@KeithDJohnson even more "ironic" ...
Most charities enlist volunteers << unpaid or even reimbursed for direct costs... to actually DO the "philanthropic" tasks for them 🙄
Nafiul Islam@KeithDJohnson Man, this hits hard.
☆Luci☆BrennaColleen@KeithDJohnson the fact you have to throw extravagant parties for fundraisers is enough to make me want to eat the rich