Many young “westerners” are just “virtue signaling” they don't care about Tibet/homeless people/oppressed people etc. Many westerners tweet/blog about random things in the world because they want “approval” from other internet users to be like wow this is a really virtuous person, wow they really stand for something. read more
Most Westerners don't care that much about Tibet, unfortunately. Most people are getting on with their daily lives, and China is a long way away from all Western countries. Some intellectuals do care, but most of the population doesn't care about any Chinese domestic issue, including Tibet. read more