Agree!
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Well, it depends how big one thinks the impact of donating 10% of one’s income to political actions that favour socialism is at increasing the probability of socialism. Since there are already a large number of socialists, seems reasonable to think that one individual’s impact will not be as great as it would be were one to donate to e.g. help malaria, help reduce animal suffering.
At the very least, one could be socialist and go vegan. These seem like they’re not in that much conflict, and can be a point of agreement. And one can always keep an open mind! :)
Ah, I’m sorry the title had that effect on people if that experience generalizes. Not my intention. Just meant as an honest depiction of how my views have evolved over time.
Generally, a lot of the arguments that purport to be against EA are arguments against some cause prioritizations or perspectives on how to do the most good, which seem like they might make more sense within the tent of EA.
Slightly confused about this though? I’m not totally sure how this relates to the post? Do you mean that socialists can still argue cause-prioritization and perspectives on doing the most good within EA. I totally agree with that, as I say.
I’m curious to know why people are downvoting! If it’s disagreeing with the ideas or if you just don’t like the writing style very much or something else? I’m very open to criticism!
Oh yeah, I really liked the ACX Georgism review too. Seems like a cool idea. Surprised it hasn’t had too much traction (I’m sure there are some places). I could go through the list of ideas but I think we probably agree on most of them.
(Not saying that you’re saying this, but to be clear I didn’t quit socialism and instantly become an uberconservative, I’m basically just a classic technocratic governance guy now, pigouvian taxes are great!)