A variety of wokies have been admitting defeat lately, and quite a few people have been saying that they're not sincere, but regrouping. That's probably true, but it's still good for us.

Much of the woke push relied on inevitability. Woke was "the right side of history," woke was "the modern audience," woke was going to "drag us kicking and screaming into the future." But now, that model has been shattered by their own admission. The moDeRn AuDiEnCE is just a few loud assholes online. Everybody sees that now. Even Hollywood is admitting it(first link) in certain circles. So if this isn't inevitable after all, if woke makes your projects flop and your company spiral, if it doesn't give you social clout and make you cool anymore... what's the point? I think we will see not only institutions backing off, but noticeable attrition amongst what we would have thought are the "true believers," the grunts infesting the institutions. Why attach yourself to a framework that has admittedly failed? Why make yourself a pariah at work and in social life when "the right side of history"... wasn't? It's not like they have sincerely held principles; that much is abundantly clear. Sure, many are genuinely true believers, and the battle isn't over, but I think we will see a surprisingly high amount of people quietly backing into the bushes in the days to come, and that's only a good thing for us.