It’s because they recognize that the roots of oppression are intertwined. None of us are truly liberated unless all of us are liberated.
Oppressed people uniting for collective liberation is the only way liberation will ever happen.
— Kristine Hadeed 🚢 (@KristineHadeed) October 28, 2021
It’s common to notice that much left-wing political crusading is a form of barely-transfigured Christianity, but as we see here, it’s broadminded enough to absorb elements of Buddhism as well. In fact, social justice is to religion as Rome was to its provinces. Practice whatever quaint local customs you want, as long as you make all the proper sacrifices to the imperial Cult of the Right Side of History.