(to save some folks some time clicking or reading) the article makes a case that EA goals are subject to the seductively evil drive to collect taxes for public goods funding, and I personally feel bad I didn’t predict that argument to come from this crowd once I saw that Sam, Dustin, and Cari were making specific political plays.
(excuse my US-centrism) Usually when I think about the EA republicans question, I think about nationalism, religiosity, some core “liberty is welfare and has good externalities” principles around homosexuality and freedom of movement, but this article updated me to also think about taxes (not that I think republicans are actually against taxation in any sense, but just that there’s nonzero information in what they choose to write on the tin).
I’ve seen left-wing criticisms of EA being a movement that wants to decrease taxes, especially on/in the crypto industry, based on how the critics perceived Sam’s political plays. (I’m not aware of any such recent criticisms commenting on Dustin’s and Cari’s donations of any kind.)
(to save some folks some time clicking or reading) the article makes a case that EA goals are subject to the seductively evil drive to collect taxes for public goods funding, and I personally feel bad I didn’t predict that argument to come from this crowd once I saw that Sam, Dustin, and Cari were making specific political plays.
(excuse my US-centrism) Usually when I think about the EA republicans question, I think about nationalism, religiosity, some core “liberty is welfare and has good externalities” principles around homosexuality and freedom of movement, but this article updated me to also think about taxes (not that I think republicans are actually against taxation in any sense, but just that there’s nonzero information in what they choose to write on the tin).
I’ve seen left-wing criticisms of EA being a movement that wants to decrease taxes, especially on/in the crypto industry, based on how the critics perceived Sam’s political plays. (I’m not aware of any such recent criticisms commenting on Dustin’s and Cari’s donations of any kind.)