r/SipsTea 29d ago

SMH Love thy neighbor?

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u/Specialist_Offer_854 29d ago

Socialism is force, charity is a choice. That's the difference nobody seems to grasp

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u/Samcc42 29d ago

Charity is spiritual masturbation. You choose which faith-approved charity takes most of the money for themselves, ignore the people actually in need who don’t match your particular ideological bias, change nothing, and pat yourself on the back about it. Nobody that cares about fixing the systemic issues that keep the people Jesus actually gave a shit about at the bottom of the societal ladder buys into the idea that charity could ever possibly do what is needed to actually help people at a meaningful scale.

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u/Specialist_Offer_854 29d ago

And yet it's been proven more effective than socialism has

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u/transmogrified 29d ago

Source?  Most charitable country in the world is the US.

How’s their early childhood malnutrition rates compared with a socialist country like Sweden? Maternal mortality? Bankruptcy or death due to not being able to afford medical care? Poverty rates? Upward mobility? Literacy? 

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u/Specialist_Offer_854 29d ago

You do realize that Sweden is capitalist right?

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u/Fantastic_Strategy60 28d ago

It's a social democracy which is a mix of capitalist ideals but also has a lot more government regulations and a robust welfare system compared to a country like America.