Why is this a before/after situation? The people addressing one issue are a completely different group of people than the ones addressing the other. And what is

Why is this a before/after situation? The people addressing one issue are a completely different group of people than the ones addressing the other. And what is keeping people from addressing both at the same time? And which one is closer to us that we can have a more direct effect on? This idea that we shouldn't try to address problems in the HN community because there are problems elsewhere in the world is ridiculous.