I’ve been having a lot of fun lately thinking about the boundaries between a coercive state and a voluntary government. A recent article by Wanjiru Njoya over at the Mises Institute threw me into a bit of a rabbit hole and I thought I’d set down some of my thoughts in a video.
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Effective Altruism Isn’t
The idea of “effective altruism” is that you do the most good by making as much money as possible, and then living frugally and using the rest of that money for charity.
Of course, nowadays, with the state having the stranglehold on the economy that it does, it turns out that the easiest way to make a bunch of money is to have a bunch of government connections that will help you win a contract or two. Actual entrepreneurship is hard.
Then, it gets worse! The fact you’ve spent so much time hanging around politicians and bureaucrats warps your sense of charity. Instead of serving the people, you serve the state.
More in the video above, also available on Bitchute.