Not to mention the "big picture" EAs did damage when put in charge of the money FTX was doling out. They had people who'd been funding organizations that would feed, cloth, and medicate people move their funding to "existential problems" like AI and climate science. While I won't argue the value of those, vague theoreticals are arguably more commonly tacticaled than those on the ground trying to help with active issues.

By "enemies" you mean the sinking boat that e/acc people jumped out of, giving way for the next scam.

No, these people and their ideology were around way way before e/acc was a thing