Some time ago a Polish website Libertarianin published an interview with Leonardo Brito, the director of The Bastiat Society Venezuela. There are good reasons to support this institute - and Steemit community has a very easy way to do it.
If someone doesn't know what are the current problems of Venezuela, there is a short summary in the interview (and the English version is below the Polish, so you can click and read it). But I wanted to highlight the answer to the last question:
Is there any possibility to help you?
The best way to help Venezuela is by helping those who are spreading the ideas of human life, entrepreneurship and property among the youth. The impact you make through liberty ideas is more powerful for the future than the impact you can make with food or medicines donations.
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This view is very similar to my views on charity that I hold for quite a long time. Donating food or medicines is, of course, important too, but in most parts of the world this can only fight the symptoms, because the sources of the problems are usually different. The problems often start with poverty caused by parasitic political class restraining the economic freedom.
Let's look at Venezuela. You can send food and medicines there, and satisfy, for example, today's need for them, but tomorrow there will be new shortages, because political and economic situation doesn't allow Venezuelans to become self-reliant and stand on their feet after receiving a short-term relief. It is of course a matter of balance. If everyone was engaged in ideas, while people were dying from starvation, I would recommend different kind of support. But the present situation is not like that at all. In my opinion, people too often support a short-term, symptoms-oriented way of helping and too rarely think how to eliminate the sources of problems.
My thoughts on this matter resulted in my years-long engagement in promoting the ideas of liberty (mainly by voluntary service). Last year I joined a Polish think tank Libertarian Association. I'm not dropping other forms of charitable or voluntary work, but I try to invest my scarce resources (time included) mainly in fighting the sources of the problems I encounter. That's why I was really moved by Leonardo Brito's answer quoted above. It resonates with my thoughts on this matter, so I decided to support the mission of The Bastiat Society Venezuela.
So let's get to the point
There is a note at the end of the interview:
Become a hero by joining us in this daily battle and light the torch with the moral ideas of free markets and individual liberties in the darkness of socialist Venezuela.
We know we can do more. We are willing to do more. Support us using bitcoins >>
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Support us with USD$ >> http://www.bastiatsociety.org/venezuela.php
However, I thought that the best way for me to help is by transferring some of my funds via Steemit and not paying any transfer fee - so the whole donation could support the mission of the institute.
So I sent an e-mail to venezuela@bastiatsociety.com:
Hello
I'm a libertarian from Poland and I read an interview with your director, Leonardo Brito, on libertarianin.org:
http://libertarianin.org/que-pasa-venezuela/
I want to support your actions, because I strongly agree with your director's answer to the sixth question in this interview. The best way for me is to support you via Steemit, because I have some funds there.
Do you have an account on Steemit? If not, are you able and willing to create it and send me your username? Then I could send you some Steem Dollars (SBD) without paying any transfer fee, so all the money goes directly to you and you can exchange it to the currency or cryptocurrency of your choice.
There are other reasons, why I strongly recommend you creating an account on Steemit. This way you can develop your social media strategy. You could share posts about your actions and the situation in Venezuela. There are many libertarians on Steemit and it's a great platform to share your ideas and earn funds for your actions.
I'd be happy to support you and I'm waiting for your reply.
The reply came after only 17 minutes and it came out that the director of The Bastiat Society Venezuela has a Steemit account since 3 days ago. 🙂 The account is @vidadiamante. I encourage you to follow him and upvote his posts. You can also transfer your Steem or SBD to him, stating in the memo that these funds are intended for the support of The Bastiat Society Venezuela. I donated 10 SBD this way.
Another way of support is upvoting this post and its Polish version published before, because:
The whole liquid payout from this post will be transferred to @vidadiamante, for the support of The Bastiat Society Venezuela.
Logo from The Bastiat Society Venezuela website
You can read the interview here: Que pasa, Venezuela? (the English version of the interview is below the Polish)
The official website of the institute: The Bastiat Society Venezuela
Read about Frédéric Bastiat (the institute is named after this French economist): Thomas J. DiLorenzo - Biography of Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850): Between the French and Marginalist Revolutions
The Polish version of this post: Wesprzyj The Bastiat Society Venezuela dzięki Steemitowi
Upvote and resteem this post to support The Bastiat Society Venezuela. If you liked it, follow me for more.
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