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That's one thing that bugs the shit out of me about the effective altruism crowd.

If everyone justifies acting like a capitalist monster, so then they can use their gains to do good things...

... but as soon as they retire they're replaced by someone else also doing EA...

... then the end result is the entire economy controlled by monsters, always. (Plus a bunch of wealthy retirees playing charity)



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