[dnissley]

This gets part of the way there I think. A lot of EAs have issues with scrupulosity, "pathological guilt/anxiety about moral or religious issues"[1]. It's not so much that any of them have really done anything to feel bad about, it's just that they tend to be the kind of people with a tendency to be very hard on themselves about ever smaller things.

The article doesn't accuse them of doing anything bad exactly, but it's kind of... in the background? And even if the article writer didn't intend that, a lot of people, when they discuss this type of thing do intend it. That being rich is somehow bad, or means you did something bad, or reflects poorly on your moral fiber. Which I want to point out is a huge assumption and should be drawn out and pinned to the ground as something worthy of discussion.

My own (more extreme) take is that not only have none of them done anything to feel bad about, but that most of them are living hugely net social positive lives and would have been even if they never gave so much as a dime to charity.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrupulosity