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pan69yesterday at 11:34 PM1 replyview on HN

Isn't charity just a business model these days? The first time I came across was about 10 or so years ago where, I think it was a 60 minutes did a report on Movember, how they have some scheme/scam where the guys who started/own the "charity" also have another company that owns the Movember brand and the charity then has to licence the brand from that company. Meaning that for every dollar donated a good portion (can't remember the exact figure) then goes straight into their pockets as license fees.


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renewiltordyesterday at 11:48 PM

This was the trick with the Aboriginal Flag in Australia but that guy beat the odds by getting it into government. I have some suspicion that the various derivative rainbow flags are a similar structure.