[aleph_minus_one]

> I never found them but everyone got to pretend like they were making a difference for a little bit.

Keyword: virtue signalling

> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_signalling

(in Germany, it is common to use a much more derogatory term for a related concept: "[der] Tugendterror" [virtue terror]).

[aleph_minus_one]

EDIT: I accidentally linked the German Wikipedia page. Here the link to the English Wikipedia:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_signalling