>>3460894>a lot of them don't actually care about bringing actual changeOh, I agree, totally. Let me clarify that while I believe the people who tend to be leading the charge are UNIRONIC about their professed beliefs, I don't believe they are all that SINCERE about them, in the sense of going on crusade in good faith, with good intentions
I think many of the people who get swept up in the social justice bonanza are sincere and interested in doing good, but like goodhearted soldiers supporting evil regimes, they take to arms against enemies of the state without ever really thinking for themselves, just fighting for poorly thought out ideals that only make things worse for the world simply because they FEEL like it's the right thing to do, without considering the human cost, or they've been bamboozled into the corps by someone with either mucho charisma or mucho followers
But the leaders are more complicated. Some of them, I believe are totally cynical, exploiting social justice movements while completely not buying into any of the ideology - but I think these are much fewer than you'd think.
I think the real majority of these people are a mix - they want the clout, the power to destroy, and that's why they're so aggressive, but they likely actually believe this stuff to a great extent
But they're not good people, they don't want to do it for the good of everyone, but they really believe that what they're doing is good, that's where the sanctimony part comes in. They want the clout, the power, but also the feeling of moral indignation. If they were truly totally cynical, they wouldn't get any of that. Ultimately though, their primary concern is themselves, no matter what values they profess
