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Hi, I'm pro-EA and also in favor of significantly higher taxes, higher infra spending, medicare for all, UBI, and changes to corporate law that would lessen the
by kdmccormick 3y ago
Hi, I'm pro-EA and also in favor of significantly higher taxes, higher infra spending, medicare for all, UBI, and changes to corporate law that would lessen the power that multinational corporations have over developing countries. A lot of EAs feel that way, perhaps most.
I can't singlehandedly change the US tax code, budget, and foreign policy. But I can donate a chunk of my income, and I can participate in online communties which debate the most effective way to spend those donations. So I do, and EA has made it easy for me to do that.
How does that square with your made-up history about billionaire philanthropy? What do you do to make the world a better place?
- photochemsyn 3y ago"What do you do to make the world a better place?" Work to limit the scope and reach of US intellectual property law? (The world is a rather complex place, but patents have been doing more to limit technological progress such as access to clean water than to stimulate it.) And that's not 'made-up history' either, look up Ford Foundation South Africa CIA for example.
- kdmccormick 3y ago> Work to limit the scope and reach of US intellectual property law? Very cool. I don't doubt that it's impactful work. I still think you're way off base with your views on EA :)
- Joeboy 3y agoBut, "which is what the term 'effective altruism' was intended to replace as part of a rebranding effort" is something you've made up, no?