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if you were rich how would you help people?
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"Helping people" is a super broad goal and different people obviously have different needs. Personally, I think certain basic needs (food, water, medicine, shelter, mental health), financial support systems, as well as education and networking, would be the areas I would focus on, as they are the areas I have seen act as springboards or pillars of opportunity. Firstly, by allowing people to have access to basic needs they might not ordinarily have would give them a foundation to build upon. Beyond that, setting up educational programs for people to learn and gain the skills they want, which would then open up access to support systems attached to what they have learned based on the completion of education programs/modules. For example, if a person wants to learn how to grow food or start a small business, giving them the access to that knowledge and then also the ongoing support (financial and otherwise) to realise that goal.
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cool stuff
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Otherwise, if I had the dough, I'd probably buy a sports team. Not sure that "helps" anyone though πŸ˜‚
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depends how you run it!
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True, a lot of sports teams can affect meaningful change at a grassroots level but you also need to be able to generate revenue and turn a profit. A lot of that comes through business savvy as well as being able to identify talent early on and then on-sell. Interesting, golf donates more annually than the NBA, MLB, and NFL sports leagues combined.
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