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submitted 8 months ago by fiat_lux@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

My feed is filled with bad news, which is my fault for using the fediverse as a news feed, but it made me wonder: Which organisations, groups or individual people in the world are doing the most good for our world? I'm particularly interested in those who manage to do good on a larger impact scale (quantity or quality), but if the unknown person on your street who fosters kittens is a great example, I'd love to hear about them too.

Mr. Rogers told me to look for the helpers in times of trouble. Tell me about your favorite helpers!

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[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
Rich people:  I wanna help the world   

    Experts:  That's fantastic! Here are some issues
              where we could really-  

Rich people:  Nah. I want to help the world my own way.  

    Experts:  Okay, well I hope it uplifts people out
              of pov-  

Rich people:  Yep. But specifically people Z.  

    Experts:  Huh. But what about A,B,C-    

Rich people:  Nah. Just Z. People Z already work for me.

    Experts: …well, I guess it's better than nothing.

Rich people: I'm a good person

    Experts: …
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