I mostly agree with your comments, but I think we need to stop referring to specific people as leaders of the movement. Will MacAskill’s opinion is not really more important than anyone else’s.
I disagree pragmatically and conceptually. First, people pay more attention to Will than to me about this, and that’s good, since he’s spent more time thinking about it, is smarter, and has more insight into what is happening. Second, in fact, movements have leaders, and egalitarianism is great for rights, but direct democracy a really bad solution to running anything which wants to get anything done. (Which seems to be a major thing I disagree with the authors of the article on.)
I mostly agree with your comments, but I think we need to stop referring to specific people as leaders of the movement. Will MacAskill’s opinion is not really more important than anyone else’s.
I disagree pragmatically and conceptually. First, people pay more attention to Will than to me about this, and that’s good, since he’s spent more time thinking about it, is smarter, and has more insight into what is happening. Second, in fact, movements have leaders, and egalitarianism is great for rights, but direct democracy a really bad solution to running anything which wants to get anything done. (Which seems to be a major thing I disagree with the authors of the article on.)