One could consider any social rights movements attempts at social engineering. I don't think the feminist movement was evil, nor the civil rights movement, nor the fight for same-sex marriage. And yet, they're all social engineering, and even attempts at social engineering which only benefit a certain segment of society.
(Ignoring for a moment the "rising tide lifts all boats" argument that could be made regarding your "only benefit a certain segment" observation, since that'd be a whole 'nuther discussion.)
I think that particular argument is really only applicable in the sense that those groups who come after tend to have an easier time, and of course the fact that many people do not belong to a single group, but to many.
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(Ignoring for a moment the "rising tide lifts all boats" argument that could be made regarding your "only benefit a certain segment" observation, since that'd be a whole 'nuther discussion.)
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