Cultural conservatism within a capitalist machine politic will always win out when the cultural liberals/"progressives" sell out their values to Rainbow Capitalism at the expense of underprivileged people....especially when they boost the mass slaughter of Black, Brown, and Middle Eastern folk for the benefit of NATO/Greater Israel/US expansionism.
If we do not start building an Indy Left right now, it's game over. And, as you always correctly say, our planet is burning.