I don't think that Singer wrote his essay with the intent to actually convince people to give their money away, just to illustrate a philosophical point. I think this was missed on most of the people who read it. I believe it was written with the assumption that none of the readers would want to give away their possessions, and from that they would learn to search for the hypocrisy in their lives. Instead, most of the blog posts are people decrying the audacity of living a life past needs, while taking no action in their own lives, because that is the easiest thing that still brings peace of mind.
I agree with you to an extent, but I feel like he is trying to make more than a purely theoretical philosophical point. It seems like he genuinely believes that his ideas have a practical application. After all, he even runs a charity platform that's called the same as the book where he makes that argument.
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