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Originally Posted by zoomzoom
Even if someone did do it just to seem good and wonderful to the world, it's still a positive thing. I don't think people in need care about the intentions of the money giver.
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Hmmm...I not sure if you understood much of what I said. If artist "x" donates to a certain care center trying to boost their popularity by doing the beneficent act, more people will buy "x" products. If more people is going to buy artist "x" product because of that, they will be reallocating money they could be using to help people in need. It's not only the rich people that help those in need with their large ammount of money (actually there are far lesser extremely rich pppl compared to the ppl who live in an average situation, and many ppl who live in an average situation help). My mother is not rich but part of the money she earns that spares, she donates money to cancer institutions and other things. Now if a person who helps these institutions with their spare money is a crazy fan, they could spend the money they save for the donation to buy the promoted product (just an hypothetical example), or even worse they could buy that product from the artist not only being a fan but also knowing the artist "helps" those in need and get the false idea they're helping those in need.
On the other hand, if artists doesn't use their beneficent actions to promote themselves, they won't be selling more stuff because of it and it won't be draining money from ppl for their personal interests.
The care center/ppl in need who receive the benefit OBVIOUSLY won't care about the intentions, they've received the help. But there's not only one person/institution or w/e needing help in this entire world, so the whole purpose of the artist doing a benefit there gets dilluted. It's hard for me to explaion because I can't seem to pick the proper words to express myself.
That's just how credit cards companies make you feel you have a lot more money than you really have with their "credit benefits". While they make your life easier, they obviously have the intention of earning money, and every benefit you get is because they're using your money.