> improving the material condition of disadvantaged people across society.
The average modern activist in software organizations is well educated, underperforming in terms of actual code contributions and a master at forming committees, work groups and assuming power.
This activist fights for keeping his/her own job while others are doing the work.
Classic leftist/pro-worker policies have been extinct since at least the 1990s.
Their activism focuses on saying the right words and dis-empower Gen-X and older.