On the subject of revolutions, why are many “black” movements, e.g., Black Lives Matter, led by white people? Is it just a bunch of ultra Radical whites looking for a handy stage?
The leftists whites are simply using black grievances as a tool to help them achieve their goals. Once they’re done, they’ll throw the blacks (and their grievances) in the trash bin.
Probably. There’s the observation “the issue is not the issue, the issue is always the Revolution”. Those who believe in “perpetual Revolution” (capital ‘r’) likely care little about the announced purpose of revolution, instead just taking on whatever cause d’jour suits their need to feed & sustain the Revolution - so they just go find whatever aggrieved group seems convenient, and fashion themselves as enlightened leaders of said cause.
Hence my recurring observation about the French Revolution: they started with “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”, but wasn’t long until the purpose was to maintain Robespierre in power by all means necessary (which in turn devoured him). This lines up with Orwell’s quote “Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.”
So yes, it’s largely a bunch of ultra-radical elitist offspring pursuing, deliberately or not, the state of perpetual Revolution for the sake of the Revolution.