> However, the wave has now begun to crest. ... White liberals, the Americans whose expressed views shifted most radically over the last decade, have begun to m

> However, the wave has now begun to crest. ... White liberals, the Americans whose expressed views shifted most radically over the last decade, have begun to moderate their responses to questions... There have been shifts in the ways people identify themselves, too. For instance, polling and surveys suggest that “feminist” and related labels seem to have lost some of their luster in recent years, including (and perhaps especially) among young people. The author's writing style makes him difficult to quote succinctly, but I really wish there were citations in this part of the essay. The young people I know wouldn't be caught dead self-identifying as "liberal," not because they've decided to become centrists or conservatives, but rather because "liberal" is associated with an older generation they view as compromising and complicit. The simple, yet boring explanation is that the questionnaire used to measure youth political alignment has experienced concept drift[1] and Musa al-Gharbi is channeling wish fulfillment rather than good journalism. It's easy reporting, just interview some young folk and see what they have to say. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_drift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_drift