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Race and Identity are being flogged hard because any actual economic changes aren't happening -- real Marxist revolution in the US died in the 70s, and utterly vanished after the USSR crumbled and the Chinese embraced capitalism (aka "Communism with Chinese Characteristics" a la Deng).

Many hot button SJW issues are driven by conservatives, such as how Blacktivist was getting paid by conservative groups (and probably Russian intelligence) before Trump's election. This isn't new -- anyone remember how the W Bush era GOP was just hammering gay marriage? This creates instability and empowers extreme POV's, and changes the discussion from "let's implement Basic Income" and "let's not invade Iraq" to "gays and immigrants are ruining America!" and "which statues should go down?!".

Thus, all we get from the left are symbolic changes but not systemic changes. We're more 'woke' than ever but wealth is even more consolidated than it's been in a century: https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/02/08/wealth-c...