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anomanissh t1_j19n7gu wrote

Reply to comment by Positive-Material in PSA: 'Effective Altruism' is a cult targeting high income earning tech nerds. It has all the signs of a cult. The marks don't realize that the non-profits they donate to are run by people who steal the money behind the scenes. by Positive-Material

You can dislike the effective altruism frame; I didn’t even comment on that and i have plenty of criticisms of it as well.

But part of your reasoning for why you dislike the frame, however, is clearly false. Again, you said:

> non-profits almost always are run by people who secretly steal the money.

Between 15-20% of workers in the state work for nonprofit employers. You’re saying almost all of these people work for crooks who are pocketing donations and have not a single statistic to back it up. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to criticize the effective altruism framework, but this is not one of them.

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