unfinished idea, mutual aid
Thinking of offering discounts on my (generally pretty well-paid) freelance work in exchange for customers sending money directly to people asking for aid (eg. on fedi), to cut out myself as the middleman, but this feels like something that could have unintended effects if not thought through carefully...
The idea being to normalize sending money directly to people who need it, as a part of business procedures
Follow
unfinished idea, mutual aid
(Underlying reasoning: implementing 'mutual aid' as "mostly poor folks supporting other poor folks" is not really sustainable and it's about time that the people with the money start doing their part without hiding behind charitable institutions)
unfinished idea, mutual aid
I currently charge more for my work so that I can divert part of my income to mutual aid requests, but I don't like that this whole scheme depends on my decisions as the middleman?