On 4/22/20 3:29 PM, Edward Angel wrote: > Nick, > > I have no problem with anyone wanting to support their local barista. > Please remember also that the Food Bank really needs funds. > > I do have a problem with your view of the 60’s. Those young folks you > remember were almost 100% white middle class kids, Almost no blacks, > hispanics, native americans or asians. At that time poverty was far > higher than it is today. Medical care was not available to large parts > of the population. And then there was the rest of the world at that time. > > By fixating on the local situation, we tend to forget about the bigger > world which is suffering far more than us. Countries across Asia and > Africa are dealing with the virus in addition to refugees, lack of > medical facilities, the impossibility of social distancing and many > other factors. Lots of information on the web as to how bad the > situation is. There are organizations combating these factors that are > worth paying attention to.
I'm with you on this Ed... I just heard some of the forecasts/worries about how the consequences of this pandemic are going to domino into the worst-poverty situations around the world. I'm not against helping there too... just wanting to acknowledge those around me who got caught worst by this than I did. My only direct(ish) link into that world is a Kenyan friend who still has deep roots in his homeland. The $500 fund I started at my local market to allow checkers/management to let anyone unable to pay their full grocery bill was my alternative to the occasional "bailout" I'd offer the cashier/next-person-in-line when I was there to observe it. I'm now only at that store once a week (or less) and the number of people are very limited and I just haven't found myself in that spot like I used to (often EBT users who misunderstood what was and wasn't covered by their EBT cards... )... I doubt this comes up at Whole Foods or Trader Joe's very often... but it is common in a market like Pojoaque. I'm afraid if we don't get this current administration (and probably the current Senate GOP majority) out in November, our ability/appetite to help anyone but ourselves (and maybe not the most needy here) will be negative... - Steve .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... .... . ... FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
