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WalterBrighttoday at 1:04 AM2 repliesview on HN

Explain how it is a logical fallacy.


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snark_attacktoday at 1:27 AM

For one, if she “anonymously” donates to charities, how would anyone ever attribute any donations to her??

For another, as a sibling comment points out, AOC can have a much greater impact by influencing policies that help the people than through charitable donations, which, let’s face it, are just a bandaid on the structural issues that lead to such wealth inequality. Making something one’s professional goal when in a position of influence is much more impactful than optional activities on the side like charitable donations.

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gkobergertoday at 1:38 AM

Homelessness won't be ended with just money, it'll be solved with (or caused by) politics and policies.

But the reason it's a "fallacy" is AOC could donate 100% of her current salary for 63,000 years and that would equal 1% of Elon's current net worth.

Even if you did get 1% of Elon's money, it wouldn't be enough. Real change comes from structural change, not pure cash.

And as the original person pointed out, you're clearly smart enough to know that.

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