And someday they probably will have that chance. Each time one ideological group gains an edge in power, for some dumb reason they become convinced that they'll hold that edge forever. You can see this constantly here on HN with people gleefully celebrating the smiting of their ideological opponents by private corporations and their government string pullers. Each time I mention that this could be turned around on them someday, they always claim it's different this time because "we're on the right side of history" which of course is what every ideologue believes.
What should scare them, and everyone else, is the distinct possibility that things won't simply swing back into a previous state but rather some new state will arise and use this power against everyone else. When the woke crowd loses power, and they will, it might not be "the alt-right" that gets power but something along a completely different axis that no one is even imagining today. And they'll have all of these tools of control and oppression ready made for their abuse.
What should scare them, and everyone else, is the distinct possibility that things won't simply swing back into a previous state but rather some new state will arise and use this power against everyone else. When the woke crowd loses power, and they will, it might not be "the alt-right" that gets power but something along a completely different axis that no one is even imagining today. And they'll have all of these tools of control and oppression ready made for their abuse.