>Reading these things makes me angry. There are people in the world who uphold economic wealth and ownership over life itself.
And the name for those people is: Everybody.
Every time I buy some nicety, something I want but do not need, I am spending money on myself that could have gone to some better purpose. It could've gone to pay for some man's surgery, to go feed some starving child in a third world country, or even to just help out the local domestic abuse shelter. My donations are less than the maximum I could give, and that is true for almost everyone out there.
While some definitely engage in worse behavior, it is important to remember that it is a difference of degrees and not a difference of kinds.
And the name for those people is: Everybody.
Every time I buy some nicety, something I want but do not need, I am spending money on myself that could have gone to some better purpose. It could've gone to pay for some man's surgery, to go feed some starving child in a third world country, or even to just help out the local domestic abuse shelter. My donations are less than the maximum I could give, and that is true for almost everyone out there.
While some definitely engage in worse behavior, it is important to remember that it is a difference of degrees and not a difference of kinds.