Is a cultural counterrevolution around the corner?
European elections and leftist layoffs a spectacular reversal of 2020
Elections for the European Parliament produced a shockwave: a stunning rejection of current left-liberal globalist regimes in France, Spain and Belgium. Macron’s party was trounced by the RN, while the SPD crashed to its worst post-war result as the national conservative AFD surged. In Belgium, the ruling coalition was turfed out - or more specifically two of the most obnoxious parties, the VLD of Guy Verhofstadt and the Francophone PS - suffered major setbacks.
Western Europe, USA and Canada, chafing under woke regimes, have began to fight back. This extends to stirrings of a cultural counterrevolution: whereas acceptance of LGBT rights had long been a given in Western democracies, public attitudes are starting to reverse due to the authoritarian overreach of gender ideology. Controversies over trans activism and drag queens have produced strong opposition and a revitalised social conservatism.
Similarly, the backlash has taken place against the race relations industry which manufactured moral panics around George Floyd, residential schools and Euro 2020 graffiti. The anti-racist movement has been discredited by October 7, as most so-called anti-racists failed to stand up for Jews and many were indeed long outed as virulent anti-Semites. The Voice referendum in Australia last year was another blow to them.
However, the news gets even better. A number of the most notorious left-wing operations in America have began to cut back on staff, including Media Matters and SPLC. And this in an election year when Donald Trump has a realistic chance of reclaiming the presidency. During the Trump presidency, leftist organisations raised money and expanded their operations, expecting to be rewarded under the Biden regime which followed.
More specifically, the SPLC is one of the wealthiest NGOs in the country with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of assets, so why did they choose to lay off staff? The reason given, of course, was “restructuring” of programs. More cynical voices suggest that it was window-dressing to remove uncomfortable people from an organisation - plausibility of which arises when liberal and progressive movements are suffering from a moral crisis after October 7. Equally plausible is that many progressive causes may have seen a fall in donations and subscriptions since then.
There remain many questions unanswered about the goings on at the SPLC for not just years but decades. Its shoddy work culture and practices, and Morris Dees’ own personal conduct, were long an open secret in Alabama. All this while they grew their wealth while elevating defamation of conservatives to industrial scale. The turfing out of its old guard in 2019 really does seem to be window-dressing, in favour of a more overtly radical leadership which has done little to improve internal conditions.
Last but not least, polling numbers for Biden are not good. Perhaps the difficulties faced by progressive groups ahead of an election is a reflection of this, as their narrative has began crumbling. A nightmare for the West may be ending soon.