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I just think that the condemnation of others who one considers less pure than is ideal is extremely counterproductive.

For example, I often imagine what our carbon budget (and theoretical karma budget) would look like if we could get more people who are pro-animal welfare (and people who are concerned with climate change,) to accept the idea that getting a few billion people to eat less beef might be more beneficial than getting a few million to eat no beef.

There is a really interesting paper on this topic which often comes to mind titled "The seductions of clarity." [0]

There is also an interview by Sean Carrol with the author of that paper titled "C. Thi Nguyen on Games, Art, Values, and Agency" [1]

[0] https://philarchive.org/rec/NGUTSO-2

[1] https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2021/10/18/169-...