Although a sufficiently broad definition of ideals of socialism and EA can be painted to say they have similar goals, a fine grained analysis would reveal that not to be the case.
Socialism is anti-inequality, utilitarianism is agnostic on inequality Socialism often springs from people who have a Blank Slate version of the human mind in mind, and who don’t understand 4 of the 6 moral foundations. Socialism doesn’t care about the far future, it extracts resources from those who can best produce technology for the far future today, and distributes it to those who are statistically less likely to do so. Whereas a socialist government might want to minimize billionaires, Larry Page once said if he got run by a bus, he wishes his money went to Elon. That’s not because they were friends, that’s because Elon’s wealth is directly correlated with many octillions of future lives in a way the bottom billion people simply aren’t.
Socialism has only worked in a very restrained set of circumstances, namely when the lowest 50% of the population have a sufficiently high personality factor and IQ to keep the society functioning with low levels of defection.
The Han (96%) of the Chinese population have several biological selection factors which make them more collectivist, the most famous of which being rice crops, their unity and philosophical underpinings allow them to have a political system very different from those that could obtain in Western Europe, USA, or South America. They also average 104IQ.
A fine grained understanding of the world, from the depths of our biology and neurodevelopment, to the evolutionary anthropology and international relations theory, with some economics, would demonstrate that the cause of socialism is a moot cause in over 90% of countries, and even in those where it can bring some fruit, it is not neglected, a very significant number of people is socialist, compared to a tiny fraction who is EA. Lastly, socialism is not impactful because just as there are millions of socialists of high conviction, there are equally many or more anti-socialists of high conviction (with guns) and that doesn’t really change much.
The distribution of political opinions is determined biologically and due to the conditions of mating and material existence in a location (as well as virtual now).
EAs would be I’ll advised to go that route, that’s fighting biology, and biology is stronger than you.
Although a sufficiently broad definition of ideals of socialism and EA can be painted to say they have similar goals, a fine grained analysis would reveal that not to be the case.
Socialism is anti-inequality, utilitarianism is agnostic on inequality
Socialism often springs from people who have a Blank Slate version of the human mind in mind, and who don’t understand 4 of the 6 moral foundations.
Socialism doesn’t care about the far future, it extracts resources from those who can best produce technology for the far future today, and distributes it to those who are statistically less likely to do so. Whereas a socialist government might want to minimize billionaires, Larry Page once said if he got run by a bus, he wishes his money went to Elon. That’s not because they were friends, that’s because Elon’s wealth is directly correlated with many octillions of future lives in a way the bottom billion people simply aren’t.
Socialism has only worked in a very restrained set of circumstances, namely when the lowest 50% of the population have a sufficiently high personality factor and IQ to keep the society functioning with low levels of defection.
The Han (96%) of the Chinese population have several biological selection factors which make them more collectivist, the most famous of which being rice crops, their unity and philosophical underpinings allow them to have a political system very different from those that could obtain in Western Europe, USA, or South America. They also average 104IQ.
A fine grained understanding of the world, from the depths of our biology and neurodevelopment, to the evolutionary anthropology and international relations theory, with some economics, would demonstrate that the cause of socialism is a moot cause in over 90% of countries, and even in those where it can bring some fruit, it is not neglected, a very significant number of people is socialist, compared to a tiny fraction who is EA. Lastly, socialism is not impactful because just as there are millions of socialists of high conviction, there are equally many or more anti-socialists of high conviction (with guns) and that doesn’t really change much.
The distribution of political opinions is determined biologically and due to the conditions of mating and material existence in a location (as well as virtual now).
EAs would be I’ll advised to go that route, that’s fighting biology, and biology is stronger than you.