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← Charity degrades and demoralises, and creates a multitude of sins

17 connected korrents · 6 moments from 30 Oct 2018 to 29 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under Narcissism Narcissism Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under market efficiency market efficiency Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Charity degrades and demoralises, and creates a multitude of sins Charity degrades and demoralises, andcreates a multitude of sins OW Oscar Wilde — holds since c. 1891 — tap for who they are Same subject: Charity's most serious harm is replacing neighbourly love with dependence on the society — tap to centre the map on it Charity's most serious harm isreplacing neighbourly love withdependence on the society JA Jane Addams — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Charity attends to what a man ought to be rather than what he is or may become — tap to centre the map on it Charity attends to what a man oughtto be rather than what he is or maybecome JA Jane Addams — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: True generosity consists in fighting to destroy the causes that nourish false charity — tap to centre the map on it True generosity consists in fightingto destroy the causes that nourishfalse charity PF Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market can degrade into something nobody wants even when every participant acts reasonably and no one is evil or stupid. — tap to centre the map on it A market can degrade into somethingnobody wants even when everyparticipant acts reasonably and noone is evil or stupid. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 FC Frank Chimero — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evil and purity are one's own doing; no one can purify another — tap to centre the map on it Evil and purity are one's own doing;no one can purify another GB Gautama Buddha — holds since c. 500–401 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Charity in its broad popular sense is today the most harmful thing after vice — tap to centre the map on it Charity in its broad popular senseis today the most harmful thingafter vice WS William Graham Sumner — holds since c. 1883 — tap for who they are Same subject: Settlement houses, missions and charities for the poor are failures and cannot be otherwise — tap to centre the map on it Settlement houses, missions andcharities for the poor are failuresand cannot be otherwise JL Jack London — holds since c. 1902–1903 — tap for who they are Same subject: Religion has come to mean defending human commentaries and spreading hatred rather than charity — tap to centre the map on it Religion has come to mean defendinghuman commentaries and spreadinghatred rather than charity BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality — tap to centre the map on it 'Do not do to others what you wouldnot want done to you' cannot be auniversal law of morality IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint — tap to centre the map on it A Black writer is needed to portrayBlack life truly, and white peoplefrom a Black standpoint AC Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country that turns its experiences of desertion into competition instead of common cause produces avengers rather than answers. — tap to centre the map on it A country that turns its experiencesof desertion into competitioninstead of common cause producesavengers rather than answers. Last stated 6 days ago 29 Oct 2026 AG Anand Giridharadas — holds since 2026-10-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff. — tap to centre the map on it Narcissists can change meaningfullyin therapy, though nobody changescompletely, and most of the work ispersisting with empathicconfrontation past the first rebuff. Last stated 6 years ago 30 Jul 2020 WB Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feuds between neighbouring, closely related peoples are a relatively harmless outlet for aggression that makes group cohesion easier — tap to centre the map on it Feuds between neighbouring, closelyrelated peoples are a relativelyharmless outlet for aggression thatmakes group cohesion easier SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Narcissism is the typical character of a society that has lost interest in the future — tap to centre the map on it Narcissism is the typical characterof a society that has lost interestin the future CL Christopher Lasch — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: A kinder, more loving company culture breeds far greater success in the long run than a culture of aggression. — tap to centre the map on it A kinder, more loving companyculture breeds far greater successin the long run than a culture ofaggression. Last stated 8 years ago 30 Oct 2018 EM Eoghan McCabe — holds since 2018-10-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Companies that lay people off should take responsibility for their mistakes and apologize. — tap to centre the map on it Companies that lay people off shouldtake responsibility for theirmistakes and apologize. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 PT Phyl Terry — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cutting someone from the team can be an act of mercy — tap to centre the map on it Cutting someone from the team can bean act of mercy Last stated 3 years ago 10 Apr 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-04-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Charity degrades and demoralises, and creates a multitude of sins Last stated c. 1891 Holds Oscar Wilde Read this korrent →