[jigsaw]

I was thinking of leftist activism which tries to gain power over others as opposed
to conservative activism which usually tries to help others empower themselves.

[Protagoras]

People see things through their own prism.

The question is what he was thinking, and since he didn't say, we have to take him literally.

BTW, conservative activism isn't always concerned with empowering other people. Often it is concerned with making them conform to whatever the person defines as conservative values.