I’ve always wondered why these paid “activists” are being branded as activists.
Why not call them what they are: hired hands; or paid protesters; or phony protesters.
They are not there on their own, and if the payments for protesting was to disappear, so would the hired hands.
So, let’s stop calling them “activists”, because that’s not what they are. An activist works for the “cause” and for “righteousness” and for ideals. Hired hands are none of that.
employees sounds good, they are hired to perform a service after all.