to do...

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So as not to forget...

To do

1. From fighting with friends

Another question is whether we have an alternative model that would work better. We can admit that SCF, Oxfam, AI, the COE are massive resource drains, often compromising on points of principle in order to retain their influence; but they do some good, undoubtedly, and what can we suggest instead?

alternative ngo model

2. From not passing judgement

I could try to ... persuade myself to think as they do - that is (in this case), to believe that the super-rich have no negative impact on all those things; and that if individuals were to change their behaviour the world would not get better, but worse (or only stay the same)

... But it [would] depend on altering one's view of -

a) economics
b) personal responsibility (and guilt)
c) (I think) human nature.

3. From morally relevant salaries

a) I wonder, first of all, whether huge ngo-businesses are really the most efficient use of resources
b) 'Morally relevant' salaries in the business sector (!?)

4. Other themes:

compromising for 'strategic' reasons
Gordon Comstock and the war on money: taking it to extremes