This is not necessarily between Democrats and Republicans—there’s a split within the Republican party too.
“Dangerous for EA” is a consideration, but a bad enough threat for democracy, assuming this is one, can still be a stronger consideration.
I’m not educated enough on American politics to know if the assumption is correct. But on a global scale, it certainly looks like democracy is backsliding (and has been for decades). It’s true locally here in Israel, it’s true in several European countries, and it looks like it’s true on average in the world in general, going by Freedom House democracy scores.
The current US political situation is very complex, volatile, emotional, and polarized. There are very low levels of trust in public schools, newspapers, congress, TV news, the presidency, big tech companies, etc.
From the Left’s point of view, Trump supporters are a major threat to democracy.
From the Right’s point of view, the liberal media/academia/big tech hegemony is a major threat to democracy.
For EA to wade into the most polarized and volatile American political landscape I’ve ever seen, seems foolish—and there’s no way we could get involved without upsetting tens of millions of highly passionate voters.
This is not necessarily between Democrats and Republicans—there’s a split within the Republican party too.
“Dangerous for EA” is a consideration, but a bad enough threat for democracy, assuming this is one, can still be a stronger consideration.
I’m not educated enough on American politics to know if the assumption is correct. But on a global scale, it certainly looks like democracy is backsliding (and has been for decades). It’s true locally here in Israel, it’s true in several European countries, and it looks like it’s true on average in the world in general, going by Freedom House democracy scores.
Guy—thanks for your comment.
The current US political situation is very complex, volatile, emotional, and polarized. There are very low levels of trust in public schools, newspapers, congress, TV news, the presidency, big tech companies, etc.
From the Left’s point of view, Trump supporters are a major threat to democracy.
From the Right’s point of view, the liberal media/academia/big tech hegemony is a major threat to democracy.
For EA to wade into the most polarized and volatile American political landscape I’ve ever seen, seems foolish—and there’s no way we could get involved without upsetting tens of millions of highly passionate voters.