activism

A few years ago I was looking for a summer job.  I had just  returned to school and I needed to provide for my family.  I found an ad in the newspaper for an "activism" position.  Being naive, I called the number and went in for an interview. l found out when I got there that it was a group interview, not the best indication.  What I found out about activism disgusted me.

This company operated by going through neighborhoods soliciting money for the cause. The cause would change every year or two with the head honcho deciding what the cause would be, so the worker activists had no say in it.  Each "employee" would be paid a percentage of the money brought in that week with the remainder going first to the higher ranking in the company and the rest to the actual campaign such as advertisements. The funny thing is that they preferred to operate in the poorer neighborhoods because they received the larger haul there. 

The activists are really professional beggars in the guise of a cause.  Most of the workers were more concerned about the money than the cause.  They had no moral or ethical desire for the cause, only the promise of easy money if they sold it well.