We have been past peak woke for a couple of years. Even Hollywood has been pulling back. Slowly. The left, however, never surrenders. They will pull back into the shadows and wait for a chance to counterattack. It is now a matter of fumigating and exorcising the institutions, i.e., firing a lot of people, shutting down the woke power centers, and restaffing with people committed to excellence. Are we built for the long haul?
The left behaves like a ratchet. They never give anything up, but, like you say, they wait in the shadows until they can move forward again with their agenda. Republicans, on the other hand, given in all the time to what the left wants. I hope things will be different for the next few years.