Worth noting the ongoing discussions about how longtermism is better thought of / presented as a philosophical position rather than a social movement.
The argument is something like: just like effective altruists can be negative utilitarians or deontologists or average utilitarians, and just like they can have differing positions about the value of animals, the environment, and wild animal suffering, they can have different views about longtermism. And just like policymakers take different viewpoints into account without needing to commit to anything, longtermism as a position can exist without being a movement you need to join.
Worth noting the ongoing discussions about how longtermism is better thought of / presented as a philosophical position rather than a social movement.
The argument is something like: just like effective altruists can be negative utilitarians or deontologists or average utilitarians, and just like they can have differing positions about the value of animals, the environment, and wild animal suffering, they can have different views about longtermism. And just like policymakers take different viewpoints into account without needing to commit to anything, longtermism as a position can exist without being a movement you need to join.