Inspired by a Transformers fanfic
Sep. 28th, 2023 12:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feotakahariWhen you’re starving, I don’t think it matters if the person who gives you money is a hypocrite.
Sure, if they give you food because they think that’s all you need, and they don’t listen when you tell them you also need shoes and diapers and textbooks, that’s a problem. It’s a problem if they won’t give you money unless you attend their sermon, or they won’t give you money because you don’t look noble and dignified enough for their standards. But if they’re masturbating their sense of righteousness, or they’re acting like you’d be helpless without their aid, their bills are still as green as any others. If their money can get you a room where the ceiling doesn’t leak, they’re as good as an ATM.
I don’t think the world needs good people in order for good to be done. If every person acts for their selfish gratification, but it gratifies them to provide actual help, that alone solves the problems at hand.
Sure, if they give you food because they think that’s all you need, and they don’t listen when you tell them you also need shoes and diapers and textbooks, that’s a problem. It’s a problem if they won’t give you money unless you attend their sermon, or they won’t give you money because you don’t look noble and dignified enough for their standards. But if they’re masturbating their sense of righteousness, or they’re acting like you’d be helpless without their aid, their bills are still as green as any others. If their money can get you a room where the ceiling doesn’t leak, they’re as good as an ATM.
I don’t think the world needs good people in order for good to be done. If every person acts for their selfish gratification, but it gratifies them to provide actual help, that alone solves the problems at hand.
