Genuine question for the politically conscious and the socially concerned.
Imagine you are young and broke. This week you have $25 superfluous dollars that you don’t have to spend on rent or a car payment or a phone bill or groceries or gasoline etc.. There are currently local, state and national elections happening, the outcome of which will have significant implications for the well being of billions of people. What are you doing with your $25?
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(a) donating to a campaign fundraiser to support a candidate you’d prefer to see in charge of the executive branch of the government of your nation for the next few years. Alternatively, supporting a more local campaign.
(b) donating food to a local pantry. You want to see good done in the world, but you don’t trust far away politicians to make that happen. You’re doing your best in your own little corner of the world.
(c) donating directly to a cause you support, such as a nonprofit organization that operates independently from government. You think the limited resources you have to give are better allocated directly in the hands of organizations you believe are doing good work, outside of the political sphere.
(d) spending a little extra money on a luxury item you personally would like that would improve your quality of life, such as a pair of shoes or a paperback, a nice meal, tickets to see a show. You are putting your needs and wants first. If you don’t do these kind things for yourself, who will? You do not think of this as selfish, you think of this as putting your own oxygen mask on first.
(e) getting flowers for someone you love very dearly, because if the world is going up in flames you will be damned if you aren’t going to use your limited time and resources you have left to do everything in your power to make them happy.
(f) buying booze or drugs or cigarettes or all of the above to numb yourself to the incredible pain of watching the fall of civilizations in real time.
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What are we doing with this hypothetical $25? Asking for a friend.
We have a lot of choices. The pressure to make certain decisions is very real. I’m just curious.