The “great awokening” that began in the mid-2010s and peaked sometime late in the Biden administration by most measures seems to have largely receded — and with it the progressive fetishes of diversity, equity, and inclusion and gender ideology. Hence, it has become easy to roll one’s eyes at these ideologies as risible features of some bygone era.
By and large, much of society has moved on. Target scaled back its celebration of pride month, presently channeling its activism into forcing customers to use and reuse fabric bags that no one washes and that inevitably become increasingly soiled over time. The baristas at your local coffee shop have mostly gone off their cross-sex hormones. And even that married mother of two at your office who suddenly decided to experiment with she/them pronouns upon turning 35 has stopped including them in her email signature.
