Currently people ask for charity and other people give charity. Because some people who desperately need help feel ashamed to be in an asking-position, they go without. As a nation, we can agree that feeling is unwarranted, but an individual's feelings are beyond society's control.  Like it or not, many people are deterred by a perceived unequal relationship between givers and receivers.

Trade is another way - a better way. Trade is an equalizer. There are no givers and no receivers - only traders.

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