Liberals (in the sense intended) are currently the hegemony. They have all the levers of power, at least in the west. But their ideology depends on convincing t

Liberals (in the sense intended) are currently the hegemony. They have all the levers of power, at least in the west. But their ideology depends on convincing themselves they are the oppressed underdog, and basically requires them to be depressed. If they ever said "hey, things are pretty good", their power structure would fall apart, even if liberalism (in the sense intended, not classical liberalism which is almost the opposite) has had a massive multi-decade bull run