> It’s common now for liberals to deny the influence and power of social justice politics, for inscrutable reasons The reasons are very scrutable: the most ess

> It’s common now for liberals to deny the influence and power of social justice politics, for inscrutable reasons The reasons are very scrutable: the most essential part of the narrative is that social justice politics are powerless, oppressed, "speaking truth to power", in a fundamentally racist, white-supremacist society. Their legitimacy is based on there being a powerful, omnipresent oppressor that they valiantly oppose. If you admit they have power, the entire house of cards collapses, and you have painted yourself as their enemy. They're not the only group to operate this way, hostile to anyone that hints at their power.