I do find it disconcerting just how little I see EA talk about changing society. The charity sector's budget in any given country is ridiculously smaller than the government budget; EA advocates talk about directed giving as the best way to change the world, but this appears to me to be deliberately ignoring systemic problems in favour of enshrining personal charity as a substitute for government.
"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist." (Hélder Câmara)
(I realise Singer's original ideas are all about systemic change.)
EA is about things that are relatively easy to measure, and causing political change is hard to measure.
You know the drill - If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
And, while this is an accidental exception, future open threads should start on Mondays until further notice.