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12/More broadly, this issue gets at a problem I've been worrying about recently: the loss of the Left's moral power in America.

13/In the 1990s and 2000s, the American left gained substantial moral authority, and used it to move society in progressive directions.

14/Marriage equality was an example of this. In fact, this moral power is still strong - see companies' response to Charlottesville.

15/The Left's moral power can be used to do many good things - push companies and universities to try to be more diverse, for example.

16/But I worry that this moral power can be weakened through over-application. A bit like antibiotics.

17/If all white people get used to being morally condemned, all the time, just for being who they are, they'll just learn to live with it.

18/Same with all men, all straight people, all cis people, or whatever. Eventually being condemned just becomes a reason to shrug.

19/And if the Left loses its moral power, I fear for this country. I fear a Right unshackled by fear of moral condemnation.