I have no data or research supporting my opinion. What I think is happening is this: Rich countries now allow people to have an abundance of free time and an ea

I have no data or research supporting my opinion. What I think is happening is this: Rich countries now allow people to have an abundance of free time and an easy way to connect to like minded peers. This results in anyone in a "phase" of their life finding a number of other people in a similar "phase" and instead of moving on to the next "phase" they re-enforce each other's current "phase". As an example, this means a person who would temporarily feel insecure about their "gender" (maybe 1 transgender person in a 1000) and who would normally get to ignore it, now these people are a lot more likely to find support for their current "phase" online and decide to follow through. What does this say about people? We are all sheep that find like minded peers to help us conform to our current state of mind. In the past it was much harder to stray away from "traditional" view of world but now it is much easier and more accessible. The problem is not with people following through and embracing different view of the world, the problem is that they are now expecting everyone else to "embrace" their new view of the world and themselves. While it is perfectly valid to expect to be treated equally in the view of the "law", I believe it is equally invalid to force your view of the world onto other people. Let's be blunt - if I believe I am GOD and control the world, I cannot reasonably expect other people to accept this and conform to my wishes. The "woke" culture is trying to do the something similar, is is no longer enough to be equal = now "woke" people expect everyone to accept that their "woke" view of the world is valid and whatever other views may exist are irrelevant. This is, in my opinion, just an immature and narrow minded expectation as the old no-homosexual, no-transgender views that existed in the past. What you see yourself as right now is your problem and other people can perceive you however they see fit. We are all most likely just a bunch of assholes anyway so leave everyone else alone and live your life.