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by janwl 237 days ago
He hopes for what benefits him. Would you rather see him lie and say he hopes people wouldn’t use his platform to pay for groceries?
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your framing of the question needlessly removes other possibilities.. a benefit of independent companies in an economy is that some can be machiavellian bean-counters, others can be born-again bleeding hearts, and they can make business decisions from either point of view, or many others.

cynicism is a pernicious emotional illness IMHO

The communication strategy should be to publicly hope for a thriving economy so people aren’t relying on the services for groceries but he is proud and thankful that GoFundme is there to help out in these difficult times…
Actually yes, exactly this. What he is saying is really disgusting.