redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
I absolutely agree with you regarding people trying to use demographics to prove a party's decline.
But the increasingly social liberal direction of society does have an impact on conservative politics. Banging on about 'wokeism' is no doubt very popular with Troy activists and members but it can turn plenty of voters off.
Like the UK Conservative Party the Australian Liberal Party is a mix of liberalism and conservatism, but its recent drift in an increasingly conservative direction backfired terribly at this years Federal election with it losing seats to liberal 'teal' independents.
And even conservatives have been affected by the liberalisation of society. For all the nasty postering about wokeism none of the candidates standing would be willing to re-implement a ban on same sex marriage, they know that such a course of action would be opposed by an overwhelming majorities of voters. Last month you had pride flags been shown everywhere from John Lewis to Travelodge.
Also (large) capital is supportive of many EDI measures, ten-fifteen years ago gender/race/disability pay gaps and decolonisation were not something really being talked about management, now there are increasingly the norm.
None of which means that there is not systematic racism, sexism, homophobia in our society. Nor that capital and liberalism are not the institutions that perpetuate such systematic discrimination. And the shit that is coming out of the Tory party on 'anti-wokeism' is harmful and dangerous, and should be resisted. But like on taxation or carbon policies much of this crap is performative, in the UK capital and workers are moving in the opposite direction.
