> Yes.
Doesn't the "yes" mean that the person believes that "earning to give", separate from any specific charity, isn't helping anyone? The question explicitly separates the "movement" from the practice. It sounds to me like the practice is just... donating money?
> See related rationalization where highly successful founders and investors that decline to give to charity because they are “investing in their next venture that’s going to make far more money and then they’ll give more to charity” when they have more money than anyone needs and the world needs help NOW
Some people do a shit job of actually donating their money and perhaps some of those people say they "earn to give" but that doesn't mean that everybody who might claim to "earn to give" does a shit job of donating their money.
But I can see that I encountered a term that carries certain baggage so I'll clarify my understanding. This is how I read the above question, and why "Yes." seems like such a strange reply.
> Do you mean earn-to-give charities aren't helping anyone? Or do you mean that charitable donations aren't helping anyone?
The anti-"earn to give" sentiment seems to be against certain "charity theater" (which is perfectly agreeable!) but it came off to me in this case as being against charity.