I wasn’t suggesting that all activism promotes progressive societal values. That is an ethical and epistemological question. I was suggesting that a good numbe

I wasn’t suggesting that all activism promotes progressive societal values. That is an ethical and epistemological question. I was suggesting that a good number of things that happen are a byproduct of activism. All that said, it cracks me up that HN does a vote down on such basic sociological things. What a culture.