AFAIK, the fact that SMA takes a different stance on ‘distancing’ or differentiating itself from the EA community compared to, say, Ambitious Impact, is because the reputation of EA is just really very different in the US than in Europe. A lot more toxic, that is.
If they only had plans to launch in NL, Germany and other European countries, I think they would have been a bit less careful to set up their own separate brand / community and maintain some distance.
Nevertheless, they’ve generally expressed the desire to not be branded an ‘ea-organisation’ by people in or outside the community (stressing they take inspiration from other groups and schools of thougt too*) so I think people should respect that :)
*Including the Nader’s Raiders which I guess is also not the most uncontroversial in the US but old enough that people don’t get upset about it lol
AFAIK, the fact that SMA takes a different stance on ‘distancing’ or differentiating itself from the EA community compared to, say, Ambitious Impact, is because the reputation of EA is just really very different in the US than in Europe. A lot more toxic, that is.
If they only had plans to launch in NL, Germany and other European countries, I think they would have been a bit less careful to set up their own separate brand / community and maintain some distance.
Nevertheless, they’ve generally expressed the desire to not be branded an ‘ea-organisation’ by people in or outside the community (stressing they take inspiration from other groups and schools of thougt too*) so I think people should respect that :)
*Including the Nader’s Raiders which I guess is also not the most uncontroversial in the US but old enough that people don’t get upset about it lol