Post-2020 mass movements shifted opinion but expressed class themes only culturalistically

Evidence

From 2020 onward, millions marched against police violence, COVID policy, and climate inaction, making strident demands of their governments. In terms of turnout, these new movements could be impressive, and many of them effected remarkable changes in public opinion. Racial attitudes, for instance, have altered strikingly over the past decade, and genuflections to climate action are ubiquitous. A return to class themes is visible in productions such as the novels of Eribon’s protégé Edouard Louis, Piketty’s wildly popular economic history, and the Western enthusiasm for the Korean film Parasite, albeit in an individualistic, culturalist register. — Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics, 221

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mass media exaggerated progressive pedagogy’s reach while actual change stayed minimal.