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You can hate both. I'm challenging your values. I'm saying they're misdirected.

I also don't like snake oil, but I don't blame agents for acting in a fit manner.

Sounds more like I'm challenging your values . . . how can you not blame agents (people) for acting to further something you don't like? Those people have a choice, and they're choosing to further something you don't like, how is it not logical to blame the people for making that choice?

What you're saying is what's usually said about animals, "don't blame the bear for eating you if it's hungry and you're there". Only difference is that animals are pure instinct, whereas people aren't.

I'm taking a population-wide perspective. It is unrealistic for me to individually scold every person that runs against my values. Therefore, it is a waste of energy to do so for even one. Instead, I should spend energy focusing on the systems that allowed the behavior at all.

Personally, I find the idea of changing how people act on an individual level way more progressive than to change the system first, and then make people adapt. Changing your behavior have an instant effect on the society - for better or for worse - compared to waiting for someone else to do it for you.

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