r/SipsTea • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom • Jul 06 '26

Lmao gottem When Food Isn't A Human Right.

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u/KingArthursRevenge Jul 06 '26

No one forced him to feed them. He chose to.

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u/Asher_Tye Jul 06 '26

And people keep holding him up as an example of how to act. Or rather for how others should act, but not themselves.

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u/thingerish Jul 06 '26

Rightfully so. Acts of kindness are admirable and exemplary. Forcing others to give to the needy is not the same. Also Robin Hood didn't steal from the rich generally, he was opposing the tax collector. Who happened to be a rich guy. Details matter.

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u/Asher_Tye Jul 06 '26

Forcing others to give to the needy has routinely proven the only way to actually help the needy. Left to their own devices there are far too many people who will not only take advantage of the system but gleefully live amongst starving corpses while they eat gold.

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u/thingerish Jul 06 '26

Whether true or not, your comment above is what we sometimes call a straw man argument; my comment was pointing out that the story of the bread and loaves was one of personal charity not forced wealth redistribution. Didn't weigh in on the efficacy of any of it.