Comment on Why don't more poor people join mutual aid groups instead of using charities?

• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not really. Now you’re giving unequal reciprocation to the people that run it. Nobody is going to join if they can’t get help but have to provide it first.

  Especially people with more specialized skill sets.

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• Lumidaub@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So how do you determine if someone has contributed enough to receive something in return? What about people who cannot meet that demand, because of sickness and/or disability or other reasons?

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  • Danterious@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It would be up to the individual that wants to support the request not necessarily the group. If there is someone that is known to not be able to provide something because they are sick I’d assume there would still be some people that would want to help them. Also people with disabilities are helpless and can still be useful to a community. So where they can’t in help in one way they can help in another.

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    • Lumidaub@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’d assume

      That’s the thing, your view of humanity is rather idealistic. Most people are too cynical to assume that other people will help them out of the goodness of their heart. Not to mention that there are loads of people who indeed WOULDN’T help simply because someone else needs help.

      Also people with disabilities aren’t helpless and can still be useful to a community

      Obviously. But “making it public knowledge what requests each individual member has contributed” will inevitably lead to scrutiny of people who don’t contribute as much as others. That’s where you’d need to decide whether this person (who seems to be receiving more than they’re giving) actually cannot do more than they’re doing or whether they’re abusing the system.

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