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Do you think that anti-woke politics doesn't "occupy minds" and "turn people toward the possession of power"? Which conservative figures do you think aren't looking to acquire power?
Like gay and trans people and minorities?
In many parts of America, right now. Gay kids still get disowned by their parents and so on. Don't confuse the fact that Blue Tribe has dominant media control with the idea, that all of the older more traditional mores, especially in rural more religious areas have suddenly vanished. I don't tell my neighbors I am an atheist for example. The social stigma for being gay or non-religious is still very much existent in many places in the US (and indeed the UK, one side of my family back home would definitely be considered rednecks in the US, one uncle has disowned his gay son, the other is very clear he wouldn't hire "a poofter" in his business).
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It was legal to fire people for being gay or trans just a few years ago. A lot of them are still scared about being discriminated against under some different name. Are you really sure that with how trans people are treated by society today that they shouldn't be worried about losing their jobs? Many of them don't even feel safe in public.
EDIT: Like, guys, it's not a contest. OP makes it sound like these social justice types are coming for your jobs and we're all power-hungry lunatics. But lots of conservatives are power-hungry too and lots of gay and trans people are scared about being fired.
You say this because you've never had a social justice type mistake you for a bigot. The false positive rate for witch hunts is too high.
I've seen both, to be honest.
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