@mitchellh Yet you feel safe enough to write this post. Why is that?

I would posit that one reason is because you have power (ie. wealth) and they are powerless. Powerless in the face of injustice and cruelty, powerless in the face of deep and growing inequality. But you are not powerless. You have the means to do something that would actually change the lives of others for the better. There are children just like your children in this world, probably even close by, in your home town, who are hungry. Who lack power and wealth not because of their own failings but because the world is built by and for people who hold power and wealth. You have the means to change that reality right now, and to change the perception of that person you've had dinner with who cries out in powerlessness and frustration at the same time. Someone is looking at you and seeing unrealized potential for good. Not saying you aren't doing good things, but money is literally power, and by hoarding it you are keeping power away from others who have none.

Just a thought.