Longtermism/William MacAskill is what happens when free market capitalism meets moral philosophy. If you assume the free market is efficient, then you must also

Longtermism/William MacAskill is what happens when free market capitalism meets moral philosophy. If you assume the free market is efficient, then you must also admit that there should be a philosophical line of thought that would champion certain billionaires (namely, those sponsoring it) as the paragon of morality of our times. No other line of moral arguments fits this characteristics better than Longtermism. I've had some long conversations with Effective Altruists (both self proclaimed and not), and my takeaway is Longtermism is a cancer EAs need to grapple with and defeat lest their entire philosophy of doing good effectively is hijacked by rich thugs who want to feel good about themselves. Edit: and for those who are not sufficiently convinced that "EA" had enough information to be suspicious: https://www.semafor.com/article/11/18/2022/effective-altruism-group-debated-sam-bankman-frieds-ethics-in-2018 https://www.semafor.com/article/11/18/2022/effective-altruis...