Symbolic Capitalists Fuel Anti‑Woke

Well‑positioned cultural entrepreneurs — authors, media operators, and 'symbolic capital' holders — intentionally manufacture and monetize anti‑woke campaigns, shaping the form and timing of backlash politics. Their books, media playbooks, and institutional networks both translate professional grievances into mass culture‑war narratives and lock in recurring cycles of outrage. — This reframes anti‑woke activism not as a grassroots corrective but as a careerized industry that can predictably accelerate cultural polarization and policy responses.