<<Who says i am not part of the solution.
<<I have rescued a drowning man . . . >>
My congratulations. I was trained to do so but never had the chance. I know it can be very difficult.
<<I have launched food campaigns that gathered enough canned and dry goods for the local charity that we had to enlist a caravan of pickup trucks to deliver it. And that local charities client base was mostly poor and we know what that is code for.>>
Let me clarify what I mean by "the problem" and "the solution." The problem is not the plight of a handful of individuals here or there or an occasional drowning man. Ad hoc relief of specific local distress is not addressing the problem and does not constitute any part of the solution. The problem is systemic - - for example, poverty and hunger will persist in spite of your food campaigns. The problem is systemic and the solution must therefore be systemic. Capitalism, poverty and charity have co-existed for hundreds of years; obviously the charity is not the solution to the poverty caused by the capitalist system. We have the technology presently available to make a good life available to everyone on this planet but systemic problems, mostly of capitalism, prevent the relief. The problem is capitalism, the solution is its abolition.
<<The point isn't whether helping the less fortunate, hungry or those in peril need that help.
<<The point is why is the govt and forceful redistribution of wealth, which i'm guessing is solely in the govt domain, the best policy to remedy these ills.
<<Give me a logical reason for this.>>
Historical example. The U.S.S.R. in the 1930s, China today, both lifting huge populations out of poverty and illiteracy in one or two generations after centuries of misery. The answer is communism. Capitalism by nature, almost by definition, inevitably results in the capture of all governments, even ostensibly "democratic" ones, by the capitalists. The system then works with capitalists to ensure their class interests, the protection and growth of wealth, the transfer of wealth from the lower to the higher socioeconomic strata and the competition for global resources, often at the expense of the masses of the countries in which the resources are found. Capitalists all over the world grow wealthier and wealthier, the poor go from bad to worse by the billions. The obvious answer is that capitalism and greed-driven policies must come to an end. It's time for humanitarian concerns to set the agendas.