eventually SJP-EA morphs into bog-standard Ford Foundation philanthropy
This seems unlikely to me for several reasons, foremost amongst them that they would lose interest in animal welfare. Do you think that progressives are not truly invested in it, and that itâs primarily championed by their skeptics? Because thedataseemstoindicatetheopposite.
PETA has been around for longer than EA, among other (rather less obnoxious and more effective) animal welfare organizations; I donât think losing what makes EA distinct would entail losing animal welfare altogether. The shrimp and insect crowd probably wouldnât remain noticeable. Not because I think they overlap heavily with the skeptic-EA crowd (quite the opposite), but because theyâd simply be drowned out. Tolerance of weirdness is a fragile thing.
I do think the evidence is already there for a certain kind of losing/âwildly redefining âeffective,â ie, criminal justice reform. Good cause, but no way to fit it into âeffectiveness per dollarâ terms without stretching the term to meaninglessness.
This seems unlikely to me for several reasons, foremost amongst them that they would lose interest in animal welfare. Do you think that progressives are not truly invested in it, and that itâs primarily championed by their skeptics? Because the data seems to indicate the opposite.
PETA has been around for longer than EA, among other (rather less obnoxious and more effective) animal welfare organizations; I donât think losing what makes EA distinct would entail losing animal welfare altogether. The shrimp and insect crowd probably wouldnât remain noticeable. Not because I think they overlap heavily with the skeptic-EA crowd (quite the opposite), but because theyâd simply be drowned out. Tolerance of weirdness is a fragile thing.
I do think the evidence is already there for a certain kind of losing/âwildly redefining âeffective,â ie, criminal justice reform. Good cause, but no way to fit it into âeffectiveness per dollarâ terms without stretching the term to meaninglessness.