Crumpy, I think it's also a fair view that it's best we try to take care of our own end and hope everyone else does the same, and that eventually it will move things to a better direction. A lot times the western attempts to make things better in other places end up making them worse. (Mostly because they are dishonest attempts, but it's not the only reason.) It's just difficult stuff.
Personally I'm more prone to your line of thinking, but I don't think everyone needs to think like an activist for things to get better. It's enough that there's some kind of a general understanding of what the problems are and where we should be going. Then you just keep moving the needle to that direction.
Secularism largely spreads through contact and example anyway, so one thing we can do is try to set our standards high and live up to them. That stuff does matter IMO.
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