It should have been expected. Following Trump’s re-election as President much of the corporate media has gone into something of a meltdown. It never seemed to cross anyone’s mind that it might even be possible, let alone likely Kamala Harris was set to lose. In fact most had convinced themselves that there was no possibility that Harris wouldn’t win. They found themselves in a reality they never thought could ever come into being.
In many respects that reaction highlights one of the broad problems many in the media as well as a lot of the other coastal elites have trying to understand the country. That there is a fundamentally different culture that is permeated that group has led them into a position of not understanding large sections of the country.
Trying to sort out why you lost an election is never a lot of fun and is usually a result of numerous different factors. In this case however at least some of the more level headed feedback that’s been given has pointed overwhelmingly to the Democratic party becoming too woke. The cultural issues to which the party has become so intertwined has been seen to be toxic with too much of the public.
It might be hopeful to believe that an election defeat would cause the party to reconsider some of its positions. That is what typically happens after a solid defeat. This isn’t your typical scenario however. At least part of the problems that have been identified as being one of them the primary reasons for the loss aren’t as easily dismissed.
One of the issues is that many of the progressive activists that have been pushing for these policies to be put into election platforms are much more ingrained than one might think. The party in many respects is much more beholden to a small group that occupies a unique position as far as developing policy. It’s also very much an echo chamber. For the most part the university elites that come up with much of the cultural policy the Democrats are beholden to don’t interact with people outside their bubble. It’s hard for them to grasp some of the feedback that would suggest that they need to change course.
One has to remember that ideas like there is no such thing as biological sex have become so ingrained within much of the intellectual firepower of the left. It’s difficult to tell intellectuals they’re wrong; they tend to be some of the most stubborn when they believe they’ve come on to something. Did they’ve been marinating in it for nearly 30 or 40 years now is not likely to be turned around anytime soon.
Outside of the party itself a lot of the institutions that are those regularly interacting with the progressive activists are also very much captured by the same bubble world that produced woke-thinking in the first place. Institutional capture is a real thing. You only need to look at the media which has its own view of the country which is regularly different from the average person to notice this.
On this front the question of whether or not the Democrats are capable of reorienting away from some of the work policies that have become problematic depends on a small group. Most parties would be easy to shift away from something that is obviously opposed by large parts of the population. But woke policy is beyond simply being the identity of these progressive groups. It’s the only reason many of them exist at all.
It’s also not a spur of the moment thing. Academia and education have been saturated in woke thinking for three or four decades. It’s not going to be easy for any of them to flip away. Trying to remove them is likely to be a very long and slow motion process. In States we’re trying to turn universities away from woke viewpoints anticipation runs that this is likely going to take nearly a generation.
It is likely that until a new crop of democratic activists become sufficiently separated from woke thinking and are big enough to actually influence party votes not much will change. The Democratic party is likely beholden to the same influencers for some time yet.
More likely approach in the short term is for many of the same policies to be pursued and in more subtle ways. Changing definitions is usually a common one but it’s also likely to see increased emphasis on other areas to try and hide renewed attempts at introducing DEI for instance.
For this reason it’s important to remember a single election defeat isn’t likely to change much of what the Democrats represent. The argument for the most important election in our lifetime is probably going to remain in place for a little while yet. Prudence dictates remaining vigilant in watching whatever is being sold as most likely being repackaged social justice ideas.
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