Stories about the few people rescued from poverty or deadly sickness
via surprising acts of personal charity
distract
Americans from campaigning for a better social system (at least
like what we had a few decades ago, if not better) which standardly
takes care of everyone.
In effect, they suggest that the solution is to pray for a personal
miracle rather than organize to help everyone.
I am sure that GoFundMe requires nonfree Javascript code, so I would
never use that site. More importantly, I recognize it does more good
to donate to the progressive political campaigns to help everyone,
than to help one person at a time directly.
The miracle solution doesn't scale. If a million people pray for a
miracle, at most a few thousand are likely to get one. To help people
in general, we need to help them systematically. With Medicare for
All, you will get treatment for your illness. With paid family leave,
you won't need your coworkers to sacrifice their vacations. With
decent wages, you'll have savings and the failure of your car won't
make you walk to work. With more housing in cities and good public
transport, you won't need a car.