Poll of the Day > Which is something society is more willing to do?

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Feel free to explain.

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How about you explain what the fuck youre asking first

No low-quality meme this time? :(

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I'm not sure how much more likely one is over the other. Both seem like normal behaviors. However, "hoarding" is far more open-ended because trying to stay a box or two ahead on something (or buying extras when there's a sale) can seem like hoarding to some people who wait to buy things until they're actually out.

MICHALECOLE posted...

How about you explain what the fuck youre asking first

Also this.

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Seems like people acknowledge how selfish society is in a country?

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Gr8M8 posted...

Seems like people acknowledge how selfish society is in a country?

That has literally nothing to do with selfishness. You're comparing a practical behavior -- which is no way selfish -- against a... well, I wouldn't say charity is selfless, but a charitable behavior. It's like saying that people are selfish for eating almonds. It makes no fucking sense (especially since even your question doesn't exclude somebody doing both, it just suggests they do more of one than the other) and just seems that you're trying to troll.

Not to mention that sub-issue where societies in the west extract massive amounts of taxes to do things once covered by charities, so societies on the whole are doing far more for everyone than in probably any other point in history.

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Zeus posted...

I'm not sure how much more likely one is over the other. Both seem like normal behaviors. However, "hoarding" is far more open-ended

It's also more complicated by the fact that "crisis hoarding" is very much a situational behavior while charity in general tends to be a more universal trait that can occur at any time.

It's also worth noting that charity in general has become a lot more "grass roots" in recent times, with content producers on YouTube and Twitch regularly generating thousands of dollars in donations for various charities just by doing a stream for a few hours (I know at least one wrestling channel raised 20,000 for charity during WrestleMania). I think it's been years since I've gone more than 2 weeks or so without seeing at least one charity stream. And then things like the Humble Bundle get thrown into the mix.

Modern Western culture is probably more charitable than any other culture in the entire history of the human race (other than relatively "communal" tribal societies where everything is shared, but there's an argument to be made that those aren't charitable at all because it's a question of survival and reciprocity rather than altruism). We've made it very easy for people who are in comfortable financial situations to share small amounts of money in ways that compound over multiple donators, and for charitable organizations to operate on a narrow-casting basis.
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