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I like seeing things like this! It’s the dispelling of a common misconception.
Hollywood loves to trundle out the stereotype of the ultra-rich villain who would trample over people’s lives for no better reason than to become just a tiny bit richer than they already are… but that’s actually not that common in reality. Wealthy people are rarely obsessed with money; poor people are, because even a small amount of money can make a large difference in their lives, for better or worse. Wealthy people have scratched money concerns off their list of things they need to concern themselves with, and can focus on more important things. Even popular musicians write songs about how money isn’t a very important thing in life… and to THEM, whose careers have taken off and they have become wealthy now, it truly isn’t an important concern… ANYMORE. They naturally had a different point of view before they were famous, and they were living in some moldy basement apartment in a crime-ridden part of town.
But back to real life wealthy people and what they choose to do with their money. Money is power, in the literal sense of the energy/ability/capacity to achieve an objective. If a good person has money, they have more ability to accomplish more good things. Likewise a bad person with money uses it for bad things. Poor people tend to lump these two very distinct types of wealthy people together, which is in error.
Every charity in the world was initially begun, and many are still operated by, a wealthy person to whom the world has been pretty good, and was motivated to share some of that good fortune back to the world’s less fortunate. Your $5 a month donation is (presumably) not wasted, but let’s be honest; if it weren’t for the charity’s founder’s $500,000 initial donation, there wouldn’t be a charity for you to donate your $5 TO!
And of course Mrs. Cartman has no ulterior motives at all. Would she have done this if Ace wasn’t involved?
Tell me someone who does, well, anything without an ulterior motive
The fact Ace was involved doesn’t mean Rosa wouldn’t have done what she did anyway, if it meant a young family looking for a home without an unhealthy mortgage hanging over them managed to get one
Having several reasons to do a good thing instead of just one doesn’t really cheapen it.
I hate the Gates operating system, but him donating literally HALF of his net worth to charity has done a lot of good in the world.
Personally I think Rosa would have been an amazing computer person (I say person because there is so much more to working with computers than just programming and it takes a special skill set to be good in multiple areas) she has the same ability as Ace to look at a problem and see a path to a solution that benefits as many people as possible. Often times she does so behind the scenes as she is doing here, or as she did in getting a good alternative for Gary Gibbs.
The more I learn about Rosa, the more I like the character. Very good story writing by Andy.
I’m thinking that there’s probably a practical side to her “behind the scenes” style of charity.
If her generosity becomes too well-known, then all manner of needy people may be discovered coming out of the woodwork, with hands extended…
(__ sadly, I fear that some will be more ‘greedy’ than ‘needy’ __)
…& threatening to drain her dry, with the sheer magnitude of their needs.
Yes, and the bombardment of charity and “charity” requests would be near constant. She’d never get any real scheming done!