Richard Hanania believes that everything continually becomes woke because the left “cares more” (as measured/approximated by political donations and participation in protests). Scott Alexander disagrees, points to shifting political coalitions, cites Piketty, and posts altogether entirely too many graphs. But I think there's a false assumption being made here that permeates the basic premises of both Scott and Hanania's arguments.
There is an asymmetry of neuroticism and the left has painted their side as the side of decency. If you have right wing beliefs, you are immoral and bad. Agreeable conservatives don't want to be regarded as immoral and bad. Agreeable conservatives don't want to upset the percentage of the left that are neurotic and out to destroy your reputation or even just get angry at you. On the small scale, there is little to be gained in trying to argue with someone that would hurt your reputation.
Liberals will create social pressure to put pronouns in the bio but conservatives will not create social pressure to not do that or to not support BLM. They will not tell you you're a bad terrible racist person for not doing that. Those interested in status drift left. I think they do believe in the woke stuff in large part in corporations but those who don't believe in it don't push back much.
There is an asymmetry of neuroticism and the left has painted their side as the side of decency. If you have right wing beliefs, you are immoral and bad. Agreeable conservatives don't want to be regarded as immoral and bad. Agreeable conservatives don't want to upset the percentage of the left that are neurotic and out to destroy your reputation or even just get angry at you. On the small scale, there is little to be gained in trying to argue with someone that would hurt your reputation.
Liberals will create social pressure to put pronouns in the bio but conservatives will not create social pressure to not do that or to not support BLM. They will not tell you you're a bad terrible racist person for not doing that. Those interested in status drift left. I think they do believe in the woke stuff in large part in corporations but those who don't believe in it don't push back much.