I think it's less than that: the useful idiots just want attention- to stand out and get noticed. Like you said, they want to be trail blazers, but there's nothing left to discover or fight for. Bereft of anything substantive to fight for, they can only ignore what's gone before and try ever more specific sub-categories of "first X to do Y".
I think it's less than that: the useful idiots just want attention- to stand out and get noticed. Like you said, they want to be trail blazers, but there's nothing left to discover or fight for. Bereft of anything substantive to fight for, they can only ignore what's gone before and try ever more specific sub-categories of "first X to do Y".