Off topic, but this the part that gets to me about billionaires. If I had billions I would spend my days helping communities and people directly, the amount of joy and impact on so many lives would be crazy. Every single day you can absolutely change multiple peoples lives in such a positive way.
But instead they fly their private jets to an island to diddle little kids… what the actually F.
Its a crazy thought. Like, they are SO deranged it’s almost cartoonishly unbelievable.
I’m decently well off from my work and I find when i gain more money I’m much more giving because its fun. Oh no problem I’ll pay your lunch. Guy on street looks kinda poor so get him a burger. Guy in grocery store I can tell is homeless and is buying 1 apple. Give him 50 bucks . donate to Foss projects because they put a lot of work in
I can’t imagine how much I’d give if I was actual rich, I’d donate to all the pet hospitals so no one has to watch their pet die because they can’t afford medical bills etc., build 3rd places, buy all the school kids healthy lunch etc. There’s so much.
Again, if we saw a tribe of 1000 monkeys and 1 of them hoarded every banana while the rest starved, that psychopath monkey wouldnt last long. Hopefully the same happens with humans soon.
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Homeless shelters, housing, and work programs.
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Education, and especially special education and mental health support in schools.
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Small business low interest loans and art grants.
These are great plans, and I would definitely do the same. I would also try to fund STEM activities for the youth and community, as most of that sort of money and effort here just goes into sports.
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Solar panels. Ass loads of them. Everyone in the area gets a share of the free energy.
You get a larger share if you:
- host them on your property
- have more people in your home (families, sharing etc)
- Are renting because renters need more of a leg up in this world
I live in a fairly small town so millions worth of solar would actually have an impact.
Yes, plus this has extra resiliency benefits for climate disasters and avoiding pain when the price of fossil fuels spike for some reason…
More trees, less concrete.
With the climate change starting to fry up places, trees offer a great way to cool cities. Should be a top priority of any city to plant more trees.
They also reduce noise pollution, make people less depressed, and help abate flooding. Trees are lit.
And you can hug them, you can talk to them. I seriously recommend at least the talking part. Walk to the woods, find a nice tree and just start chatting. I do it all the time.
No, I’m not mad… I mean I am, but that’s not related to me talking to trees.
Trees are the reason I use ecosia.org search, even though they use the devils, bing and google for their searches. But if I have to deal with the devil, at least I can have some tree planting included in the deal.
Too many trees are lit every year.
🎶 I’d rather be a forest than a street 🎶
i would take the money and get the hell away from here
Solar plant, public transit, hydroponic garden, community apiary, schools, libraries
Millions are not a lot.
I’d buy inner city housing complexes and transfer them to cooperative ownership, with all rent money going towards upkeep and a collectively-owned fund that will be used to bring more housing into the cooperative over time.
Only the inhabitants collectively can decide what to use the fund for, but the by-laws of the cooperative will not allow selling of real estate or drawing from the fund individually.
In the long run, that’ll remove more and more living space from the predatory profit-oriented housing market and take financial pressure out of the lives of many people.
Housing, replacing decorative plants with edible ones.
Depends how many millions. The biggest problems the Netherlands has are caused by too intensive agriculture. Buying out farmland and converting it to nature areas to prevent eutrophication would greatly increase our surface water quality and reduce ammonia emissions to improve air quality while also reducing some of the pressure on existing nature areas which would allow more housing projects to take place. This would require many millions though.
I create a Planet B. Total opposite of this Planet A. People first, second and third. No borders. No discrimination. No money. Back to the origins.
Education
Solar panels
Banning fox news
Third spaces
Buy white vans, install wifi hotspots, and drive around with “FREE WIFI” written on the van in a sharpie.
But its actually a free wifi with no catches.
Soft play centre and something for the bigger kids, maybe start up scouts or something. Not sure about what for the adults, but some cheap/free 3rd spaces. Theres just nothing any more. Couple pubs for the adults but people cant afford it multiple times a week, and you shouldn’t be drinking that much anyway.
You don’t need millions to spend to make positive change. Joining or starting a mutual aid group and plugging in to a larger network can do wonders for positive change. Read up about the Free Breakfast for Children program back in the 70s it was so successful the government tried to shut it down but also had to replace it with their own program.
I don’t understand mutual aid.
I haven’t had any experience with it other than what I’ve seen here.
It just seems like a very inefficient way to allocate scarce resources.
Mutual aid is not about just financial or about resources. Its just setting up a community network to help. That could be giving a loan to someone to fix their car or could be your elderly neighbor needs a ride to the doctor or giving them some of your leftover pot roast. In turn that same neighbor maybe mends your pants or watches your kids. Like during the civil rights movement it could be as small as making food for a marginalized group. Its just an extension of the support system you normally get from family but for families to get support. When the government fails to help or worse actively harm.
Housing for the unhoused
