[jopsen]

Fair point,

But GP argued that our current system was maintaining a status quo where people in poor countries make little pay.

And that effective altruism was like throwing money away.

While fact is that extreme poverty and poverty in general is declining globally.

You can argue that effective altruism has marginal impact on the macro economic trends that drives people out of poverty.

And therefore the impact of donations is unimportant, because the decline in poverty is driven by strong economic forces.

Arguable donations probably help!