They Thought They Owned the Future: Wokism in Eclipse
For a stretch of time in the late 2010s and early 2020s, it seemed as though a particular ideological current was not merely ascendant, but had achieved something akin to cultural inevitability.
Its proponents, buoyed by institutional capture and a vocal online presence, carried themselves with the conviction of history’s ultimate victors. Yet even the most seemingly unstoppable force can find its momentum checked. Such is the subject of this week’s post: “They Thought They Owned the Future: Wokism in Eclipse.”