I think that was the point. It’s a fad that repeats itself with the same result, virtue signaling without caring at all in reality. Because it makes the virtue signalers feel good about themselves, as they pat themselves on their backs.
This time it’s different. Society is adrift without conscience. Criminals show no remorse.
A discussion about the UAW strike, a professor noted the middle class has “finally lost the illusion of self sufficiency, upward mobility and rugged individualism.”