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I didn't say that you must support a party -- not being from the US myself, I hear pretty awful things about them all the time. But most political causes are no
by TremendousJudge 4y ago
I didn't say that you must support a party -- not being from the US myself, I hear pretty awful things about them all the time. But most political causes are not party politics (you'll never hear this from the parties, of course).
As an example, I have never read about EA support for worker unionization, which would be a pretty effective way of increasing worker access to food, shelter and healthcare. It's not even a new, unproven idea! Workers in the US were much more unionized in the past, with a measurable QoL impact. However, since this an issue that can't be solved with monetary donations, plus it requires rocking the political boat, EA advocates are functionally blind to it. These are the types of things I think about when being "anti-politics" is mentioned as a feature.
- not-my-account 4y agoAhh gotcha - boy, I wish we had different words for “centralized insane governmental politics” and “politics as in affairs of the city” haha
- TremendousJudge 4y agoYeah sadly it's pretty common (not only in the US) to talk about "politics" and people instantly think you mean "party politics".