As a society, we probably deserve ruination if we are unable to have enough backbone to hear the demands of activists acting like petulant children and either ignoring them or laughing in their faces (a response of "Go fuck yourself" works well too.)
From the moment the first business caved in when confronted with Jesse Jackson's or Al Sharpton's extortion, to the trembling in their $2000 shoes of politicians at the ridiculous demands of Greta Thunberg - it all leads to people acting like children throwing tantrums at every turn.
We need responsible adults to respond to these demands with the equivalent of the backhand to them mouth, or dad getting his belt... Whether that means public humiliation of these SJWs, more Kenosha Hat Tricks, whatever. Very few are willing and able to do so.
Sadly, I have to concur. But it's easy to forget that sometimes, standing firm is hard.
People forget how much bullshit Jackson and Sharpton got away with. Sharpton, in fact, has his finances arranged in such a way that it's impossible to enforce civil judgements against him -- legally, he has no assets or income. There are at least two civil judgements that have yet to extract a dime (one from the Tawana Brawley case, the other relating back to the Crown Heights riots IIRC).
And back in their heyday -- this was pre-Internet, too! -- they were GOOD at their scam. Sidle up to a company, comment about how they needed more 'minority representation', and casually infer a threat of boycotts and protests. Jackson's star only fell once he got caught knocking up one of his subordinates in Rainbow PUSH; Sharpton is still around, like a cockroach with 20 points of damage reduction.
Getting back to the subject at hand though, normally this would not bother me. What DOES bother me is that they go out of their way to talk about it, instead of just writing future books to use 'they' or alternating 'he' and 'she'. Which says to me 'look at us! look how sensitive we are!'.