You&#x27;re gesturing here at a general lack of engagement in solving these difficult social problems, then coming to the nihilistic conclusion that, since nobody else (that you can perceive) is engaging with them, it&#x27;s a lost cause.<p>I don&#x27;t say this in anger, but it&#x27;s a lost cause entirely because you (and many others, past versions of myself included) choose to believe it&#x27;s a lost cause. Us all going back to our editors and forgetting this conversation in defeat is a self-fulfilling prophecy. And it&#x27;s particularly insidious to publicly acknowledge your privilege and then make this gesture, because it sets an example for others of your level of privilege. It&#x27;s isomorphic with the problem of white people who support the BLM movement in spirit, but think they can&#x27;t become proactive allies to black America because they don&#x27;t know how - but it&#x27;s not a matter of knowing, it&#x27;s a matter of taking actions, often difficult and uncomfortable ones.