170 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 OP 30 Sep 2023 \ parent \ on: Suggestions For Next Satsraiser bitcoin
Two things:
- I agree that Open Sats is a fantastic project. The reason I am not 100% behind it for SN is that Jack gave the project $10 million. Our pittance won't really provide any real benefit.
- I am no bleeding heart liberal. I loathe what The Great Society did to my country. In many respects we are paying the price now. I see a complete distinction between generational dependence on handouts which destroys ambition and self reliance and poor children who have been victimized by the IMF and BIS. You are right that it is a "feel good" type giving, but it's not purely altruistic. I believe it will foster bitcoin adoption in a basic, fundamental way.
Thanks for saying that, I want to be clear that I didn't mean to accuse you or anyone who is inclined to support the charity— I meant to describe my own feelings about it, and why I find it so hard to talk about. It kills me that these kids live in such circumstance and I CAN HELP THEM but by my own reasoning mustn't. Am I just stingy? Heartless? Even racist? These questions are what my inner child asks me, and I hope that I'm not. Because I can't be sure. And shouldn't be.
I'll be thinking about the kids I saw on that page all day, but there's nothing more to be done. Thanks again for engaging.
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It's funny you said that, because your post really got me thinking. Could I ultimately be harming those kids to make me feel good about myself? Even worse, how do you vet something like this to make sure It's not going to some grifter? It's good to hash through this stuff.
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Exactly. You totally get it. I've thought about it a bit more and what you said about introducing them to bitcoin/lightning, that carries a lot of weight that I didn't consider at all. It wouldn't be "just giving money away", it would be a much more valuable opportunity, giving a head start to the kids whos potential might otherwise go neglected. This outweighs my worry about "helping perpetuate poor parenting" by a large margin.
Hell, giving such insight to kids who aren't even orphans in uganda would be a head start. So I've changed my mind. I vote for the Ugandan kids. But not because I'm a bleeding heart or anything! :) It's just more reasonable.
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