Inequality is just the conentration of Wealth to a minority.
It is human nature to keep that wealth within the family to help further your progeny (don't mention the Selfish Gene
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We have no children, so our money goes to our siblings' grandchildren. One side of the family probably won't need it, but we treat them all the same. OK, we do charity, and are a bit more generous for collections for weddings etc of people we know than we once were, but it is still concentrating the money in our social group.
pje16 wrote:So on those grounds if I donate to help Ukraine but not Turkey, is that unfair?
No, apparently that is Systemic Racism (according to our most woke relative). There is a point, most of Ukraine is white Christian, and it is easy to identify with them as fellow Northern Europeans. Many of the earthquake victims are Muslim, and "a bit dark skinned", so we don't identify with them as closely. Add in the history of wars and politcal unrest in the region, and certainly for the older generation there is already Sympathy Fatigue. Plus local Warlords criticising the West for not helping when the reason is they aren't allowed in because of the civil war doesn't endear them to us.
She may have a point, in the first week the DEC raised over £120m for Ukraine, about 4 times the amount raised so far for the earthquake victims. It would be interesting to know the support given to both causes from the OPEC countries who would more closely identify the the people in the earthquake region (and benefit financially from the war in Ukraine, but apparently that was cynical of me).
Paul (wondering if one relative's inheritance shouldn't go directly to charity in ouw will
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