Yes it feels like Plato’s allegory of the cave applies. The polarised left and right political forces are chasing the ‘shadows on the wall’ . 

cristaiji

None of the present political forces would recognize itself as someone who doesn't question the health of society:

ideasfromtheedge

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

None of the present political forces would recognize itself as someone who doesn't question the health of society:

* the left believes that the society is deeply sick with [a-z]*{ism|phobia}
* the right believes that the society is sick with the absurd and out of control wokeism
* the libertarians see the statism of both the left and the right as the sickness