The problem is most (not all) political activism is rather domestic, symbolic, parochial and tribal compared to the possibility of reducing millions of out-of-s

The problem is most (not all) political activism is rather domestic, symbolic, parochial and tribal compared to the possibility of reducing millions of out-of-sight preventable deaths in poorer countries. And the people engaged in it don't realize that, their focus is on what's been in the domestic news cycle and what's important to their immediate surroundings.