shminux comments on Open thread, Dec. 1 - Dec. 7, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 04 December 2014 08:25:00PM 6 points [-]

What cause would an NRx EA donate to?

Comment author: bramflakes 04 December 2014 08:29:20PM *  6 points [-]

Depends on what kind of NRx. There isn't a single value system shared among them.

The popular trichotomy is "Techno-commercialist / Theonomist / Ethno-nationalist" - I don't know about the first two, but the ethnonationalists would probably disagree with a lot of Givewell's suggestions.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 05 December 2014 05:01:28PM 3 points [-]

ethnonationalists would probably disagree with a lot of Givewell's suggestions.

Not uniformly, I think - Japan is an Ethno-nationalist state, and also used to be the world's largest supplier of foreign aid.

Comment author: [deleted] 06 December 2014 07:48:02PM 3 points [-]

Ethno-nationalists certainly have no problem with geopolitics or mutually-beneficial investment, and foreign aid can be useful there.

Comment author: ZankerH 04 December 2014 09:50:50PM 3 points [-]

The most coherent proposal I've heard so far is applying being TRS at the polling place to charity: The principle of optimising your donations for cultural-marxist outrage.

Comment author: Azathoth123 08 December 2014 04:18:47AM 1 point [-]

Sarah Hoyt isn't quite NRx, but her recent (re)post here seems relevant.

In particular, the old distinction between deserving and undeserving poor.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 06 December 2014 04:41:41PM *  1 point [-]

The Austrian "Iron Ring" party. Restore the Hapsburg Empire!


Yes, I am aware that there are things to understand about the crazy straw design world. :)

Comment author: Azathoth123 06 December 2014 11:11:29PM 0 points [-]

NRx's are generally not utilitarians.

Comment author: shminux 07 December 2014 03:08:58AM 2 points [-]

I've met at least one claiming he is.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 07 December 2014 07:08:26PM 0 points [-]

What ethical system do you follow?

Comment author: Azathoth123 08 December 2014 04:14:45AM 0 points [-]

I'm a virtue ethicist.