| Kasz216 said: Oh, also Richard. I don't think there is anything wrong with using guilt to cause people to give to charity. Hell, I don't know how I don't feel more guilty. I do more for chairty then most. I'd like to say I wish I did more, but if I did... I'd clearly be doing more. I'd argue however there has been significant progress towards doing more in human history. We've moved away from the selfishness of animals more and more. Ironically though i'd argue too much of a collective focus on charity might dull the indivduals view on charity... which may or may not lead to overall negative consequences and a step away from true collectiveness as was hoped for by Marx. |
I will say that conservatives are much more receptive of guilt in people's thinking than liberals. With this whole self-esteem non-sense teaching go about, no one is ever supposed to feel bad about themselves. This teaching has produced a generation or more of people who think they are special, and want to feel good all the time. With this has been a decline in test scores, and an increased criminal activity by youth. What is needed is more guilt about, for people to think about what is going on, and say things are not ok, and THEY personally need to change. Looking at the man in the mirror and asking him to change would be a good thing. Often times, guilt does this (now not saying the guilt should remain forever, but long enough to affect the change (some shame would help also):
