Similarly with ethics/activism driven NGOs (eg Greenpeace and the like), at least last time I was in touch with that part of the world. There was a knowing ext

Similarly with ethics/activism driven NGOs (eg Greenpeace and the like), at least last time I was in touch with that part of the world. There was a knowing extraction of youthful “enthusiasm to do good”. It became a common warning passed around much like “HR is not your friend” etc. “They will use your enthusiasm” was what I heard. The only alteration in your formula necessary would be “struggling to live ‘ethically’“ for “struggling financially” and mutatis mutandis re empowerment/disrupting/changing the world.