The Death of the Post-Left

The Death of the Post-Left

For the extremely online political junkies who remember it, the “post-left” moment that blazed brightest during the pandemic was supposed to mark a departure from the usual script of American politics. Instead of repeating the hollow gestures of progressive moralizing or ceding class-based appeals to the culture-warring right, a tiny group of contrarian voices pledged to spotlight the real roots of inequality. But the post-left’s short-lived pro…