I appreciate the comment. I made an admittedly bold claim, though I do tend to believe it. Activism with skin in the game (e.g. the Tiananmen Square student protests, Vaclav Havel's dissident writings and jailing, Nelson Mandela's imprisonment, the Umbrella Movement, Mohamed Bouazizi'a self-immolation) can be extremely effective and can change the world, often for the better.

America's political activists today seem to have zero skin in the game. It mostly seems like a status and power game more than an attempt to fix something. After all, if the problem was fixed, what would these activists organizations do day-to-day? Why would anyone donate to them?