Ok, so we should reject longtermism on the basis of rejecting authoritarianism. After all, people can just decide for themselves how future oriented they want t

Ok, so we should reject longtermism on the basis of rejecting authoritarianism. After all, people can just decide for themselves how future oriented they want to be. Therefore there is no need for longtermists to force their opinions onto other people, no matter how enticing their expected value calculations are.