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Dolly Parton announces $1m donation to Hurricane Helene recovery (www.bbc.com)

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I regularly donate tens of times more relative to my net worth.

And I think a lot of people do. Probably most people who give to charity.

So the news here is that a rich person is giving moneys, yes, but also relatively less compared to their personal net worth than most people who give to charities.

It's still good, a million should help some I should think. Not like fix infrastructure help (FHWA today announced the immediate availability of $100 million in Emergency Relief funds for the North Carolina Department of Transportation), but definitely "feed and supply a lot of people" help.

I'm not criticising Dolly Parton, I just pointing out we fawn over donations that are arguably less generous (while being larger in sum) because of the relative net worth.

I know it's not accurate but I'm lazy; googling US median net worst give ~190,000 dollars. Googling median charity donation US gives "For middle income earners, the average yearly charitable donation is approximately $3,296"

Again, nothing against Dolly Parton, she's an amazing person. I commenting on the system we live in, rather.