In my opinion, it's Idealism vs Materialism. They see terrible injustice, and try to make sense of everything from their own framework as they believe things should be.
It very much is idealism. Liberalism is all about believing that if we want things to change hard enough, they will, and if we perform the rituals of liberalism (voting) then change will manifest. Unbelievers, who believe action causes change, rather than belief, are shunned and henpecked back into line.
In my opinion, it's Idealism vs Materialism. They see terrible injustice, and try to make sense of everything from their own framework as they believe things should be.
It very much is idealism. Liberalism is all about believing that if we want things to change hard enough, they will, and if we perform the rituals of liberalism (voting) then change will manifest. Unbelievers, who believe action causes change, rather than belief, are shunned and henpecked back into line.