The Solution for Charity and Philanthropy in an Equal Money Capitalism - Day 301

 

This is a continuation to:

Charity and Activism - why is it a Capitalistic Scheme - Part 1 - Day 294

Charities - Exposing the Problems - Day 295

Charities - Exposing the Problems - Continues - Day 296

The Dark Side of Humans and Charities - Exposing Problems continued - Day 297

There is NO Integrity in Charity - Exposing Problems continued - Day 298

The Hidden Agenda of the Corporate Philanthropy - Exposing Problems continued - Day 299

The Hidden Agenda of the Corporate Philanthropy - Exposing Problems continued (Part 1) - Day 300

 

The Solutions:

 

Here are the Solutions that were Presented thus far - Extracted from the Economist's Journey to Life blog:

 

Unemployment / Full Employment

If unemployment exists - the government must step in to create jobs where possible - because employment is a basic human right.

 

Role of Governments

The government will still play a role to provide everyone with their basic human rights such as healthcare, education, housing, sanitation, roads, employment etc. So - the government will fund these points through taxes. The only tax that will exist are the value-added tax on products - this will be part of the labelling of products - where it'll show the percentage of the price that goes to tax and for what the tax will be used. There will be no need for an income tax to redistribute income in a fair way - because income will be distributed fairly from the get-go.

http://economistjourneytolife.blogspot.com/2012/12/day-164-equal-money-capitalism.html#.UR5-7meLu00

 

 

Taxation and Banks

VAT will be added to each product in a way to make sure there is enough within the common pool of money - which is the tax - to ensure all the basic rights can be provided. Also consider that with all military expenditure falling away - there will actually be quite a substantial amount of money available to governments with which to fund these projects.

 

Banks in an EMC will exist as financial intermediaries, gathering surpluses to cover deficits in other places. So - the banks will be in charge of providing extra funds to companies who are running a deficit. This point will always be temporary and the required funding will lessen as there is an intervention that takes place and action is taken to make the company more effective and able to compete.

 

When companies with deficits are identified - someone will be sent to intervene, because it might indicate that the company is not effective. Then the problem must be identified and they have to learn from those companies that are successful - so that all may become equally successful and effective within managing resources and distributing goods and services.

http://economistjourneytolife.blogspot.com/2013/01/day-167-harmony-and-equilibrium-within.html#.UR5--2eLu00

 

 

Debt Forgiveness

Those who may find themselves in a position of unemployment as the result of Complete Debt Forgiveness will either be integrated into other companies - or government will provide them with new jobs. Preferably, these types of outflows would have to be considered before implementation to ensure smooth transitioning from one system to the next – and would thus have to be calculated and planned prior to full implementation.

Pasted from <http://economistjourneytolife.blogspot.com/2013/01/day-169-equal-living-within-equal-money.html#.UR5_BWeLu00>

 

These are some of the General Solution the Equal Money Capitalism System has presented.

Please make sure to educate yourself by going through the documents of the Equal Money Capitalism

And within the next blog, I will show how the Principles of the EMC will Solve the Problems I had shared thus far, with regards to Charity and Philanthropy.

 

Note: The EMC is an entirely new project that was started a week ago. We’re at the moment in the phase where we are brainstorming by answering questions. It’s a messy process – but an effective one to get all the relevant points addressed. So – also note that points will evolve and change as we go as we are not setting things in stone, but on a journey towards designing the EMC. The principles upon which EMC is based are laid out in the previous blog-posts. From those principles, we work our way towards what life in EMC would practically be like and how the system will function from an economic perspective.

 

 

The Dark Side of Humans and Charities - Exposing Problems continued - Day 297

This is a continuation to:

Charity and Activism - why is it a Capitalistic Scheme - Part 1 - Day 294

Charities - Exposing the Problems - Day 295

Charities - Exposing the Problems - Continues - Day 296

 

I remember, as a child in junior-high school, we were asked to go one day after school and raise funds for a cancer charity organization. We went in groups of 2, door to door, and asked people to donate their money. in return, we gave them a ticket/invoice and our goal was to finish the ticket/invoice booklet. My friend and I were very good at it and we were able to finish the booklet in a few hours. That made us wonder whether or not we should do it more often however, we wanted to get paid for our work.

 

We found an organization that promoted themselves in the 'workers are needed' ads in the newspaper - they promoted that they would send us a booklet via the post mail and we will raise the funds on our own time. Then, we were supposed to take half of what we were able to get from people donating their money to Charity and keep it for ourselves and send half of the money to the 'organization'.

 

Now understand, we were about 15 years old, very much naïve and if it weren't for our sisters that explained to us what we are about to do, we would have go along with it.

My Sister explained to me that I'm dealing with a fraud and that if it was real charity organization, they wouldn't give us half of the money that should have reached those that are in need. She told me that the people that donate their money for charity, believes that they are donating their money to charity and not half of it to me. I could see the common sense in her words and decided to drop it but the temptation was big, I could have made 100$ in a matter of a few hours and for a kid that age, 100$ is a lot of spending money, specifically when at that time, I was working in the afternoons in a small shop and earned that sum of money in 9 working days.

 

However, how many kids do not have older sister or parents to explain to them what these kind of Frauds are all about? How many organizations like these, exploit the innocence of a child to make a fortune? How many people are being fooled into the belief that their Donation is for a good cause but at the end, their monies are going into the pockets of thieves?

 

This story of mine is happening on a small scale however, fortunately, it also happening on a bigger scale all the time. Here are some articles and videos that I collected:

Charity Fraud - Wikipedia

Charity Scams Exposed - This short BBC interviews showing how easily it is to create  falsely Funds raising pockets and how it has been utilized in times of horrific crises to 'play' on human's heart.

September 11 charity schemes - This article discussing the many charities that started up after the September 11 attacks for the primary reason of individual profit.

New York woman accused in alleged Newtown charity scam - Nouel Alba is accused of using her Facebook account to solicit money from those wanting to donate to Connecticut mass shooting' families, claiming that the money was to be used for a "funeral fund," while she didn't used the monies for such purposes.

 

Honestly, there are much more information about Charity Schemes all over the internet - it is a huge business that can only be allowed within a society that is striving for one's survival to the extent of which one would do what ever it takes, no matter who gets hurt on the way, to have the monies necessary to support themselves and their family. Yes, some takes it to the extreme of becoming Rich from such schemes however, we cannot blame them as it is our collective accepted and allowed  of a world system that forces such behaviour within the principle of Survival.

 

It seems that charities benefits mostly the 'wrong' people meaning - it never reach in full capacity to those who are really in need and if anything, it mostly benefit those who were in power positions in the first place.

Obviously, Within the Equal Money Capitalism that will all change fundamentally as you could see in the Solutions that we will present for the Problem of Charities. 

Charities - Exposing the Problems - Continues - Day 296

 

This is a continuation to:

Charities - Exposing the Problems - Day 295

Charity and Activism - why is it a Capitalistic Scheme - Part 1 - Day 294

 

Problem No.3

PR in Disguise

 

I was watching today the Documentary - Why Poverty - Give us the Money where it primarily shows how Celebrities have used their power to become the voices of Poverty in this world and specifically Bob Geldof and Bono which I see their standing to be Genuine and not a PR point they are taking advantage of like many other celebrities which I will be revealed in my next blog.

 

In the Documentary, they showed how the Celebrities were able to go high in the chain of Power and get them to agree to 'Forgiveness Debt' in Africa. Forgiveness Debt within the Context of this world system of greed, power and Control is not really a solution but rather a 'charity act' or shell we say a PR act of the World's leader. Why?

 

The Debt Africa has to the US is not even real; if you have read 'Confession of the Economical Hitman' book, you would be able to understand how debt of developing countries to the US were created, how it was manipulated into a complete dependency of the Developing countries on the US and why "Helping" Developing countries from the US perspective is nothing Genuine but rather, excuses to take over and control the developing countries natural resources. 

 

So within that context, Debt Forgiveness of Africa, is an act of deleting a Number from a paper that was never real to result with an outcome of Good PR. A real Forgiveness Debt is what the Equal Money System is all about - Eradicating all DEBT but also, restructuring the countries in developing schools, health centres, Water purification, jobs creation and so forth. Deleting debt without making sure the country is able to self sustain itself isn't the solution and it has been proven with Africa/America relationship.

 

Same thing with Charities - Giving Money to the Poor may be a very short temporary solution but it is in no way going to eradicate poverty to its ultimate encompassing solution. I mean, Commonsensically -

Let's say a homeless has a million Dollar worth of debt in the bank, and let's say we forgave him for his debt. Is this homeless life is going to change in anyway? No - he still doesn't have a place to live, food to eat, health care or access to education to be able to get a skill that would enable him to have a job. Therefor, as time passes by, the homeless will create a new debt to be able to feed himself.

 

This is why, forgiving Africa's debt will not change anything but prolong the suffering of many that has no real opportunity to be and become something in this world and if anything, Africa's debt will continue to grow exactly as I showed with the homeless analogy.

 

An Encompassing Solution is quite easy to implement as I would show you in a few blogs to come, after I show all the major problems within and as the concept of Charity and Philanthropy.

Charities - Exposing the Problems - Day 295

This is a continuation to:

Charity and Activism - why is it a Capitalistic Scheme - Part 1 - Day 294

Problem No. 2

No one is Accountable.

One of the problems within the concept of Charities and Philanthropy is that in essence, there is no one that takes responsibility and stand accountable for the Problem. In my Previous Blog, I showed that the main problem with Charity and Philanthropy is that it blinds humanity from looking into the core/root/source of the problem and accordingly, taking or walking the approach that would eradicate the problem.

In shifting the Responsibility for Poverty for instance, to the Private corporations, instead of implanting a world wide governmental solution, all we are doing is perpetuating the gap and giving the Governments excuse to not address the point and take responsibility for the problems on earth.

Within that context, there is no Encompassing solutions but individual charities that touches the lives of a few in comparison to the amount of people that require a massive solution. In that, even with Charities, not everyone are being Equally supported and protected. 

On the Individual Level, giving to Charity or not having the means to give to charity but knowing that there are people out there that are giving to charity, creates the illusions that the problems are taken cared for without looking in common sense at the point that if the problems were taken cared for, poverty for instance would cease to exists. Therefor, having Charities in place, allows us to abdicate our responsibility as human beings in this world, to investigate and find solution that would not only solve the problem but also, prevent the current condition from ever manifesting again. Here, we utilize Hope and Powerlessness as our justifications to not stand up as if we completely gave up and decided that a change is impossible.

In other words, having charities in place, both the Governments and the Individuals abdicate the responsibility towards those who are dependent on Charities to exists at the moment. We do not confirm and check out that the goods and the aid that were supposed to reach their 'target' got to its destination; we do not check and confirm that the 'target' of charity is now having the basic ability to sustain a dignified life. As far as we concern, we did our part, we either donated our share or would have donated our share if we would financially able to and within that, we believe that we have done enough while meanwhile 7 billion people in this world are in the worsen condition ever existed on earth.

Saying that, what I see is that Charities in essence are Reactions, a distractions, from facing the core/root/source of the problem and therefor abdicate our responsibility as the creators of the problems instead of coming together and walk the Correction process that would End the Atrocities in this world.

Here, for further context, I suggest reading through the series - The Correction Process and the Desteni Message.

Will continue in my next blog in showing another problem we haven't considered before.

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Charity and Activism - why is it a Capitalistic Scheme - Part 1 - Day 294

 

“When we want to help the poor, we usually offer them charity. Most often we use charity to avoid recognizing the problem and finding the solution for it. Charity becomes a way to shrug off our responsibility. But charity is no solution to poverty. Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor. Charity allows us to go ahead with our own lives without worrying about the lives of the poor. Charity appeases our consciences.”

― Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

 

Well Said, thank you Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yunus. From here, let's have a look at the Problems with Charity and Presents Solutions.

 

Problem No.1

Ignoring the Problem.

Most people cannot see any Problem within the entire Charity and Philanthropy Industry since 'Charity and Philanthropy' was promoted and advertised as Noble action, Altruism  and even Godly.

 

However, if we place Charity and Philanthropy under the Microscope, we will discover the real nitty gritty truth behind the Charity and Philanthropy Business/Industry that is quite concerning given that most people see Charity and Philanthropy as something so Good and Positive.

 

Thus, one of the most urgent problems to address is the Relationship between Charity/Philanthropy and Poverty. As  Muhammad Yunus Indicated, through Charity/Philanthropy, we Ignore that there is a problem that must be result with an effective solution. In a way, Charity/Philanthropy in it's core design is a brilliant brainwashed method to maintain the gap between those that 'have' and those that don't have since what Charity/Philanthropy result with is the perpetuation of Poverty instead of complete Eradication of Poverty.

 

This was already implied in 1932 by Reinhold Niebuhr, Moral Man and Immoral Society, 1932

"We have previously suggested that philanthropy combines genuine pity with the display of power and that the latter element explains why the powerful are more inclined to be generous than to grant social justice."

 

And Yet, 80 years after and still, humanity is blinded from seeing reality directly as what Niebuhr presented decades ago. To the Contrary there are quite a few people that would even define Niebuhr as Fascist and condemn him for daring to speak up and expose what we have all directly and indirectly accepted and allowed this world to evolve as to the extent of which Humanity is deliberately Blinded from seeing the Fundamental Inequality that is rooted in the structure and values of our global society. Obviously, Charity and Philanthropy is nothing but a convenient patch up  for us to ignore the real reason, source, origin and root of the Problems existing in this world.

Nevertheless, Charity/Philanthropy from that perspective is the Acceptance and Allowance of Inequality to Persists within the attempt to mitigate the Consequences the Majority of Humanity participating and facing today so that us, good maintain our 'Feeling Good' Experience.

 

It is evidence the none of us actually understand the reason, source, origin and root of the Problems because if we had, our social behaviour would be totally different and we would stop Reacting to the Problems but rather, apply the correction required and Prevent the Problem from reoccurring again.

 

In my next blog, I will continue Identifying the Problems with regards to Charity and Philanthropy so that eventually, we could start consider practical solutions that would result with the outcome that is best for all.

Charity and Activism - why is it a Capitalistic Scheme - Overview - Day 293

In the past few days, I came across many articles over the news with regards to Charities and I decided to investigate the point of charity for myself to see, realize and understand what is the real and what is underneath this Media vibes of Charities.

 

To me, it was always obvious that Charity is not a solution because if it was, instead of having increasing numbers of people in poverty, we would have seen decreasing numbers or even better, a complete eradication of Poverty. The fact that the problem still persists, despite of the billions of Dollars circulating in Charities, shows that there is something worth investigating and exposing in common sense.

 

Obviously, many have done so before me however, no real and substantial solution were presented or applied. So I've decided to take on a different approach in showing the different dynamics with Charity, Philontraphy and Poverty, what are the Problems and what are the Individual solution for each and every problem and within that, one would be able to see, realize and understand that once the solutions established and implemented world wide, we will receive our true and real Rewards both on the individual level and on a global level.

 

I'm still in my early stages of investigating the Charity and Philanthropy within all its dimensions however, what I have gathered thus far is the direct relationship between Charity and Poverty, Charity and Tax Reduction, Charity and Exploitation and Charity and Free PR - all of which is covered with Beautiful words like: "I want to give back to my society; I'm a good person; shame, they are suffering and I must help where ever I can"; Oh, it was so kind of him to donate so much money to help the poor".

 

Within this blog, I will walk one simply point that came up today in the "The Witness" Newspaper: 'Charitable Millionaires'.

According to the article by Siphamandla Zondi, who is the executive director of the institute for Global Dialogue, the solution for Poverty in South Africa: "Real Economic Freedom will Come from Structural Reforms, increasing Philanthropy, a radical Strengthening of the Public education on which the poor depend, and the growth of a socially conscious middle class, especially in the black communities."

 

In south Africa alone, 12,000,000 (12 Million) people are estimated to go to sleep hungry, on a daily basis. Is Charity Monies will feed all of them tonight? Is Philanthropy would Prevent Poverty to the Extent of which ALL have Free Access to Education, Nutrition, Electricity, Housing, Clothes, Health Care? Would Charity and Philanthropy Prevent one from Becoming another's Slave because otherwise, their family would have nothing to eat? Would Charity and Philanthropy End Child Slavery and Abuse? I can continue asking many more questions but nevertheless, the answer would remain: "No". Because if it had, there would not be 12 Million people that are going to bed hungry tonight.

 

Real Economic Freedom is when Life is being Valued as Equal Life for all, regardless your generational blood line and skin Color; regardless your Religion and Culture; Regardless if you were born rich or poor because Real Economic Freedom is when each and every human being is taken cared for from Birth to Death with Equal access to the World's Resources where Individual Empowerment and Expansion can be Achieved at will. Real Economic Freedom is when Debt is being Forgiven and we all start as Equals to live a Life that is worth while with the Resource and the Technology that is available on earth. Real Economic Freedom is when Education is provided to all to expand, explore, empower and enhance themselves which through which they can practically contribute to the better living of us all.

 

So, this article is the opening of a new blog series where I will walk in detail, what and how Charities and Philanthropy are not the solution but rather, a big part of the Problem. I will show Solutions that can PRACTICALLY be applied within the Principle of that which is best for all Lives wherein Poverty, would eradicate from the face of this world for once and for all.

 

I will Prove that the Above statement are not Empty Slogans but rather a living Expression that can be lived within and as the Equal Money Capitalistic System.