That is something wise might be able to consider. It's not much of compassion this destructive and thievy tendency. It's like the forests which are eaten away...
Since the old wise followed the Awakened's advice: for one who is inspired to make sacrifices, only to give to those with virtue, with Metta, right view, who are eighter free of defilements or on the way, bears fruits which lead upwards, while to sacrifice improper occasions, toward improper objects, outside the five right times, will increase not only attachment but also the suffering coming along with this.
In this material, marxistic times, even monks, wearing the robe of the Arahats are leading people downward to the lowest common multiple, suggesting people to follow the bigges thief in the world, incl. the dispossession of the Noble Ones heritage.