Funding things you don’t really believe in as a form of sabotage would damage the reputation and future trust of the funder and potentially EA as a whole.
Just wanted to point out that the author rejects the Overton windows “if you’re worried about the Overton Window, most of the issues they’d run on (a complete abortion ban, abolition of all gun restrictions, huge tax cuts for the rich, no gay marriage) are pretty well placed in the GOP already. A few extra crazies won’t do anything”
I suspect you (and I) disagree that “a few extra crazies won’t do anything.”
I missed that detail, thanks for pointing it out. To me this makes the case somewhat worse from a practical standpoint. If these people are well placed in the GOP already then why would such a candidate run 3rd party and not just GOP?
Funding things you don’t really believe in as a form of sabotage would damage the reputation and future trust of the funder and potentially EA as a whole.
Giving a larger platform (e.g. TV ads) to people with far right ideas could make these ideas more mainstream e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
Seems like a bad idea.
Just wanted to point out that the author rejects the Overton windows “if you’re worried about the Overton Window, most of the issues they’d run on (a complete abortion ban, abolition of all gun restrictions, huge tax cuts for the rich, no gay marriage) are pretty well placed in the GOP already. A few extra crazies won’t do anything”
I suspect you (and I) disagree that “a few extra crazies won’t do anything.”
I missed that detail, thanks for pointing it out. To me this makes the case somewhat worse from a practical standpoint. If these people are well placed in the GOP already then why would such a candidate run 3rd party and not just GOP?