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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

... What? That's such a non-sequitor that I'm honestly not sure if you replied to the wrong thing or something.

I can't say that I would say the same thing in an entirely different situation with nothing to do with the other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Its a similar situation. You 'cant do anything about anything' and handing out band-aids is 'better than nothing'. Would 'giving someone a band-aid is a good thing' be your stance in that situation or would you find it rather inappropriate?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

They're not similar situations at all. For one, it's an absurd difference in scale. Whatever your opinions of Amazon delivery driver working conditions and pay, it's in no way comparable to "an invading army murdered their family".

Second, whether or not I should push a button to give someone $5 with no obligation on their part is a different situation from getting a bandaid for a murdered family on the whim of the responsible party.

If you could push a button and a random person somewhere in the world gets $1 million, would you push the button?