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blubluh
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The issue seems less about force or coercion than about condescension.

The person giving away his possessions is behaving offensively as the self-appointed spiritual guide of the recipient. It’s as though his “charity” puts him on a higher spiritual plane than “his” beneficiary.

He has essentially “bought” himself a pulpit with housewares and is now lecturing his hapless congregant.

To be truly charitable, perhaps one should make such “donations” anonymously and not learn the identity of the recipients.