This week’s ninth- or tenth-greatest outrage in Western civilization, best I can tell from my feeds, is that Netflix co-founder and chairman Reed Hastings donated $7 million to a super PAC supporting the presidential campaign of Kamala Harris.
If you are among the outraged, I have a recommendation for you in the interest of increasing the quality of your day-to-day life:
Release all such concerns about what corporate figures support as private citizens, as well as any boycotts you perceive as associated with this support.
Why? Well, mostly because it’s silly. It’s silly because it’s ineffective.
For every person you know is donating to some cause, how many are there about whom you have no idea? Do you even know all of the places to look? How carefully have you been through your kitchen? Through your garage? Through your closet?
Got all that sorted, do you? Okay. How about your portfolio? Been through every detail of any mutual fund positions you have? Do you know exactly whose bonds you hold across all of your accounts?
Do you know all of the donation habits of all of the highly-paid employees of these companies?
For all of the outrage you have, do you know how many millions of people don’t care?
I say “mostly” because it’s silly and ineffective. What’s the rest of that? Well, it’s that viewing every single thing through a political lens is a joyless and exhausting way to live.
If you want to do something positive for the world and for your outlook, make your own donation. Or, even better, go find a volunteer need in your community and fill it.
I advise because I care.
Good point!