Modern activism acts as a shortcut to Messianic moral virtue that encourages the avoidance of genuine, local, and painstaking ethical responsibility.

“One of the dark motivations of people is to obtain unearned moral virtue. Cuz we need reputation. And if you can put yourself That's why we worship allies now, you know, if you can put yourself forward as an ally of the noble cause, then all of a sudden you have as much moral stature as anybody coul”

Performative activism that prioritizes virtue signaling over effective solutions is an inefficient way to address global challenges.

“That's not how you solve this problem because it is very very complicated and and as you also point out if you actually want to make part be part of the solution help bring the world onwards it's actually going to take a lot of painstaking work and I think you you nailed it on on why why are my solu”