Really nice guy actually. Super Christ-y, but not in that hates minorities sort of way (look, I know it's a low bar).
Anyway, he went to Africa to help build homes and work on water distribution. Tapped out after a few months, because while there were a lot of people who were there to genuinely help, he didn't like how exploiters were allowed to creep in. People who behaved like assholes because they had power over the underprivileged around them. Savior complex, and since I'm a good person, I can do whatever I want. Always justifying shitty behavior.
My cousin's been through some shit. Stepfather murdered his mother shortly after his father died young, lost his only sibling to a heroin overdose, etc. etc. He does not countenance treating people poorly.
He couldn't stand to be around the people he was with anymore. He said they wanted to look like good people without actually being good people.
It's a shame, because there are a lot of people who really do want to help and do amazing work. But many of these organizations just don't police themselves enough to prevent predatory types from latching on while hiding under their moral authority. And then the institutional rot sets in and the cover ups begin. We see it again and again.
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