My apologies but I had to strong downvote because this is the sort of content that I want to stay far away from the forum. I would have maybe given a weak downvote or maybe even none if:
it was nonpartisan, nonpolarized, and neutral
there was a transcript of the video (I watched only a couple minutes, too long)
there was a specific theory of change with an expected value calculation for a given amount of resources to improve a specific problem
it compared this to other possible uses of those resources within the same or different cause areas
Hey Dony, looking back at it, I can see why this appears partisan even though that was not my intention. My post was not meant to demonize my compatriots who happen to vote Republican or identify as conservative. It was meant to educate and bring awareness to an EA cause area.
I definitely could’ve used a better term than “Donald Trump supporters” in my first paragraph as not all of his supporters want to commit election fraud.
However, facts are facts. Regardless of someone’s politics, acknowledging the undermining of liberal democracy is necessary, especially when there are such detrimental consequences.
As I said, protecting liberal democracy isn’t one of my main interests or expertise so I don’t have the background to do a specific theory of change with an expected value calculation.
I appreciate the feedback and will learn from this post.
My apologies but I had to strong downvote because this is the sort of content that I want to stay far away from the forum. I would have maybe given a weak downvote or maybe even none if:
it was nonpartisan, nonpolarized, and neutral
there was a transcript of the video (I watched only a couple minutes, too long)
there was a specific theory of change with an expected value calculation for a given amount of resources to improve a specific problem
it compared this to other possible uses of those resources within the same or different cause areas
(Here is an example of a post from today that seems somewhat more neutral and specific, though still not as mechanistic as I’d like, but I only skimmed it: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/FtHhC7CfN4r5xD3Lm/easy-fixing-voting)
Hey Dony, looking back at it, I can see why this appears partisan even though that was not my intention. My post was not meant to demonize my compatriots who happen to vote Republican or identify as conservative. It was meant to educate and bring awareness to an EA cause area.
I definitely could’ve used a better term than “Donald Trump supporters” in my first paragraph as not all of his supporters want to commit election fraud.
However, facts are facts. Regardless of someone’s politics, acknowledging the undermining of liberal democracy is necessary, especially when there are such detrimental consequences.
As I said, protecting liberal democracy isn’t one of my main interests or expertise so I don’t have the background to do a specific theory of change with an expected value calculation.
I appreciate the feedback and will learn from this post.