I think Godwinning the debate actually strengthens the case for “I don’t do labels” as a position. True, most people won’t hesitate to say that the label “Nazi” doesn’t apply to them, whether they say they don’t do labels or have social media profiles which read like a menu of ideologies.[1] On the other hand, many who wouldn’t hesitate to say that they think Nazis and fascists are horrible and agree should be voted against and maybe even fought against would hesitate to label themselves as “antifascist”, with its connotations of ongoing participation in activism and/or membership of self-styled antifascist groups whose other positions they may not agree with.
I think Godwinning the debate actually strengthens the case for “I don’t do labels” as a position. True, most people won’t hesitate to say that the label “Nazi” doesn’t apply to them, whether they say they don’t do labels or have social media profiles which read like a menu of ideologies.[1] On the other hand, many who wouldn’t hesitate to say that they think Nazis and fascists are horrible and agree should be voted against and maybe even fought against would hesitate to label themselves as “antifascist”, with its connotations of ongoing participation in activism and/or membership of self-styled antifascist groups whose other positions they may not agree with.
and from this, we can perhaps infer than figures at Anthropic don’t think EA is as bad as Naziism, if that was ever in doubt ;-)