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[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 284 points 1 year ago

I'd be ok with anonymous donations if they were truly anonymous both publicly and to the management of the institution receiving the money.

Maybe this is something that the government could facilitate - pool these resources, then help distribute them where they are needed. Almost like how taxes work.

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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 155 points 1 year ago

If anyone is aware of the source, it's not anonymous, it's undisclosed.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 61 points 1 year ago

Agreed, literal anonymous, way cool. Undisclosed, much less so.

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago

The tweet speaks of "dark money". I like that term better. It feels worse

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago

I work for a nonprofit and “anonymous donor” definitely means “c-suite folks know who it came from”

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

So in this context, it's always doublespeak?

[-] norimee@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

This exactly. If you really want to stay anonymous then use a middleman and do it anonymous to the recipient as well.

Everyone involved with the institution, students, parents who pay tuition, teachers, authorities who financially support the institution (...) have a right to know in whose pocket they are.

[-] rain_worl@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

do like onion routing, use two middlemen, i guess you'd literally use locks, sorta like that encryption analogy

[-] hate2bme@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just like they do social security? The government is terrible at the distribution of money. Edit: Damn, y'all really hate SSI

[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

They seem to be pretty good at making sure the military has all the finding they need

[-] hate2bme@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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