It definitely makes me wonder if this election we face will reignite it or, as I’m starting to suspect, will prove that it’s finally dead, regardless of who wins. The probability of a Trump victory causing a reignition is probably greater than a Harris victory but I’m not seeing much hysteria about Trump these days. I see hatred which whatever, that’s normal. There was hatred for Romney, Obama, McCain, Bush, Kerry. The “saving democracy” rhetoric is there but I’m not seeing it outside the campaigns themselves.
The question of what comes next does trouble me. Our culture loves taking things too far.
It was only ever allowed to flourish because enough liberals confused it for liberalism, and enough feared for their jobs/reputations. But once the spell was broken, and everyone saw it for what it was, and didn't have to live in constant fear, it's hard to imagine voluntarily going back. It feels to me like things are fracturing a lot more. Maybe no one faction will ever have the kind of cultural sway that the social justice left once did.
I worry quite a bit about full blown wokeness coming back if Trump wins, but then I remember that Twitter no longer is what it once was. That alone accounts for a lot.
The biggest change for me has been my Facebook feed. Very few people are constantly angry about politics compared to 2014-2021. They've all moved on to their lives and families.
Freddie DeBoer has often compared the Woke Era to the post-9/11 Era in that paranoia and fear ruled for years, and then it quietly became passe because people got tired. I think that's spot-on.
It definitely makes me wonder if this election we face will reignite it or, as I’m starting to suspect, will prove that it’s finally dead, regardless of who wins. The probability of a Trump victory causing a reignition is probably greater than a Harris victory but I’m not seeing much hysteria about Trump these days. I see hatred which whatever, that’s normal. There was hatred for Romney, Obama, McCain, Bush, Kerry. The “saving democracy” rhetoric is there but I’m not seeing it outside the campaigns themselves.
The question of what comes next does trouble me. Our culture loves taking things too far.
It was only ever allowed to flourish because enough liberals confused it for liberalism, and enough feared for their jobs/reputations. But once the spell was broken, and everyone saw it for what it was, and didn't have to live in constant fear, it's hard to imagine voluntarily going back. It feels to me like things are fracturing a lot more. Maybe no one faction will ever have the kind of cultural sway that the social justice left once did.
I worry quite a bit about full blown wokeness coming back if Trump wins, but then I remember that Twitter no longer is what it once was. That alone accounts for a lot.
The biggest change for me has been my Facebook feed. Very few people are constantly angry about politics compared to 2014-2021. They've all moved on to their lives and families.
Freddie DeBoer has often compared the Woke Era to the post-9/11 Era in that paranoia and fear ruled for years, and then it quietly became passe because people got tired. I think that's spot-on.
deBoer has made some good points on this, I agree.