• BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    That’s because you only hear about the fake altruist the one doing it for benefits, real altruists do stuff without telling anyone, only to satisfy their own moral compass.

    Like the loch Ness monster, no one knows if they exist.

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      7 days ago

      It’s pretty hard though to be altruistic without anyone knowing. I guess you can do it through anonymous donation, but what if you don’t have money? The only real way to be altruistic is to do things for others which is pretty much impossible to hide completely. If you for example volunteer at a soup kitchen everyone at the soup kitchen can see you volunteering.