You raise a good point here. Maybe it's how you look at it, though. We think people become obsessed with the woke crisis du jour to the exclusion of themselves, but do they really?

For most, the MSM spun progressive issues are made very easy to support with virtue signaling. People can do their minimal part, feel good, and then quickly get back to their narcissistic life and feel virtuous about it. These fake outrages isolate them even more from civilization ending concerns.