The real impact boils down to insurance
protection for the corpocracy's tyranny. My contacted NGOs represent a tiny
sample of the population of NGOs. There is apparently around 1.5 to 2 million
in the
That's an expensive insurance policy but one the corpocracy and the rest of the power elite are more than willing to pay to keep on existing and growing. The policy keeps the middle class, even as it is steadily shrinking as a buffer between the powerful and the lower socioeconomic classes and pits the classes against each other. I recently saw, for example, a pick-up truck's bumper sticker exclaiming sarcastically: "everyone deserves something from those working hard for a living."
Postmortem: What Some Others are Saying
"Wealth and ownership are the causes of poverty--in others. And those who own that wealth want to keep that distinction. Were this not the case, we would not be able to so clearly identify who is rich and who is poor."[8]
"---the Koch brothers give away hundreds of millions to 'philanthropies', but none of the causes they fund could actually be found to alleviate suffering anywhere, least of all here.
"This is why charities aren't the answer ---. They create problems while leaving the real ones smoldering in the mud underneath the sea of humanity." [9]
"The ruling class co-opts leaders from our communities by providing them with jobs in non-profits and government agencies, consequently realigning their interests (i.e., maintaining their jobs) with maintaining the system." [10]
"When you [don't] send children to school, try non-formal education. When you [don't] provide basic health to people, talk of health insurance. [Not giving] jobs? Not to worry, just redefine the words "employment opportunities."---- It sounds good. You can even make money out of it." [11]
"Inside any important philanthropy meeting, you witness heads of state meeting with investment managers and corporate leaders. All are searching for answers with their right hand to problems that others in the room have created with their left. As more lives and communities are destroyed by the system that creates vast amounts of wealth for the few, the more heroic it sounds to 'give back.' It's what I would call 'conscience laundering' -- feeling better about accumulating more than any one person could possibly need to live on by sprinkling a little around as an act of charity." [12]
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