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in thread "How did Effective Altruism get so big?":

EA convinced one billionaire to give away all his money to them. Once that was accomplished, they had enough money to scale up the rest of their ecosystem. EA is a minnow compared to progressive philanthropy writ large, and everything else is a minnow comp... 3mo ago received

EA convinced one bil received

It just cannot be emphasized enough how the difference between being powerful and being a disempowered critic is just psychological. 99% of the people whining about EA, leftism, etc. are spending 99% of their time on making money rather than building power... 3mo ago received

It just cannot be em received

EA is fundamentally not a revolutionary ideology at all, but a mutation of the already-existing ruling ideology, that is true. In this sense EA is very similar to DSA. But since anyone posting on this site is more interested in applying the lessons of EA t... 2mo ago received

EA is fundamentally received

True, however both are extremely influential and have made lots of careers. Did you miss who won the mayoralty of New York City yesterday? 2mo ago received

True, however both a received

Accomplished nothing? They failed to defeat the progressive borg but their brand of milquetoast pro-business libertarianism is still the default ideology of the Republican Party even after a decade of populist assaults by Trump and MAGA. For a few hundred ... 2mo ago received

Accomplished nothing received

A counterfactual Republican Party not funded by the Kochs slides into Trump-style populism sooner and harder. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems to me like the economic views of the Republican Party establishment and staffers are still far closer to the Kochs th... 2mo ago received

A counterfactual Rep received