A slight shift takes two decades, the approximate length of time for a young-reproducing family to raise kids in the new environment and see how awful it is. If they are unable to do something due to entrenched power, it will be even more generations, as you'd need to wait for the entrenched power to grow complacent.
I know people are gonna clown on me but god damn i can't wait for the pendulum to swing back on this shit.
A man can dream.
Pendulums swing slowly, especially at their apex.
A slight shift takes two decades, the approximate length of time for a young-reproducing family to raise kids in the new environment and see how awful it is. If they are unable to do something due to entrenched power, it will be even more generations, as you'd need to wait for the entrenched power to grow complacent.
In other words, it always swings back, it's just a matter of how far and how fast and what happens in the meantime.