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by JupiterMoon 3907 days ago
Why not charity? Because then the people donating to charity will (at least try to) impose conditions. So only quadriplegics or a certain faith or with a certain set of circumstances with receive help. (See e.g. the concepts of the deserving/undeserving poor and moral judgements with charities helping the poor in the UK pre-1945.)