This at its core is the problem with activism, be it left or right - what do you do once you 'solve' the cause you set out to solve?
The answer is very rarely "ride off into the sunset" - often its moving goalposts.
The answer is very rarely "ride off into the sunset" - often its moving goalposts.
You would never accept this logic for programmers. Should they just give up their salaries once the product is good enough?
Of course activists move onto the next problem once the problem they’ve been focusing on is solved. Similarly, I brush my teeth once I get out of the shower. I haven’t “moved the goalposts”; I’m just attending to the next priority.
But this is exactly how it works. Very few activists are activists "for good causes in general", most of them identify themselves with a very narrow set of issues and build their identity around that.