They see the specific small group they are targeting at the moment
The SJ movements tends to target what they see as large oppressive systems. Cis white men is not a particularly small group, for example. Or take the commonly expressed sentiment that everyone has a racist inside so we have to be constantly on guard and fight it (a very Christian notion, by the way).
In a non-Christian country I would not expect the majority of people to stop and help me after an accident
That’s curious. I would encourage a bit of self-reflection about how you came to believe that :-/ To remove the “rich westerner” part, let’s replace China with Japan, for example.
from within I think SJM just looks like the right way to act on liberalism writ large
That might be so, but given that I lack the inside view, I don’t know. However the militant left-wing streak is just too strong to be compatible with straight XIX century liberalism...
To clarify I wouldn’t expect most people in a Christian country to help without an alterative motive either. ( this study comes to mind though I think my option was formed more from general experience.) I have met a few people how genuinely like to help for helping’s sake but I think a larger percentage need some additional motivation like an expectation of a likelihood of reciprocation or perceiving the person to be helped as in-group like.
Also, I apologize but my dyslexia kicked in and I mis-read 19th canter as 21st century. If you’re willing to settle for 21st century liberalism that is the intellectual foundation of social justice activism I have heard interesting things about “The Givingness of Things: Essay” though I haven’t read it.
The SJ movements tends to target what they see as large oppressive systems. Cis white men is not a particularly small group, for example. Or take the commonly expressed sentiment that everyone has a racist inside so we have to be constantly on guard and fight it (a very Christian notion, by the way).
That’s curious. I would encourage a bit of self-reflection about how you came to believe that :-/ To remove the “rich westerner” part, let’s replace China with Japan, for example.
That might be so, but given that I lack the inside view, I don’t know. However the militant left-wing streak is just too strong to be compatible with straight XIX century liberalism...
To clarify I wouldn’t expect most people in a Christian country to help without an alterative motive either. ( this study comes to mind though I think my option was formed more from general experience.) I have met a few people how genuinely like to help for helping’s sake but I think a larger percentage need some additional motivation like an expectation of a likelihood of reciprocation or perceiving the person to be helped as in-group like.
Also, I apologize but my dyslexia kicked in and I mis-read 19th canter as 21st century. If you’re willing to settle for 21st century liberalism that is the intellectual foundation of social justice activism I have heard interesting things about “The Givingness of Things: Essay” though I haven’t read it.