VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoTrying to re-sell kindness?discuss.onlineimagemessage-square74linkfedilinkarrow-up1516arrow-down164
arrow-up1452arrow-down1imageTrying to re-sell kindness?discuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square74linkfedilink
minus-squarebss03@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down8·1 month agoConditional “kindness” isn’t kindness, it’s infantilization. Real “kindness” is giving people what you can, and trusting them to use it the best they can. No means or ways testing. This is one reason direct cash transfers are so effective, because cash is no versatile.
minus-squarewrinkledoo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoBut being helpful is very much conditional on the understood premise of the situation. I’d be happy to help a buddy move house for a pack of beers. Not so much if they are selling the furniture and using me for free labor.
minus-squarebss03@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·1 month agoThat’s not being kind. That’s being transactional.
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Conditional “kindness” isn’t kindness, it’s infantilization.
Real “kindness” is giving people what you can, and trusting them to use it the best they can. No means or ways testing.
This is one reason direct cash transfers are so effective, because cash is no versatile.
But being helpful is very much conditional on the understood premise of the situation.
I’d be happy to help a buddy move house for a pack of beers.
Not so much if they are selling the furniture and using me for free labor.
That’s not being kind. That’s being transactional.
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