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I mean, we solved a lot of injustices with each wave addressing the problems of their era. it's current day now, and the problems left are ultimately subjective but I'm sure. How do we solve something as biological discrimination (which is a hold over from tribalism which even progressives indulge in) that pushes others to be racist, sexist, and homophobic towards others, It feels like a uphill battle against odds so ingrained in our psyche. Not saying these movements are useless, they done leaps and bounds in improving the lives of many and I hope they continue to do so.

Tribalism remains deeply ingrained in our psyche because we're biologically not much different than the hairless apes that roamed the African continent hundreds of thousands of years ago. What has changed is our culture and our societal views, what we consider part of "our tribe" and what we consider "others". In that sense we have changed a lot in the last few centuries. Just a few hundred years ago slavery was considered acceptable and women were treated like property of men, the mere thought of treating them like human beings was considered ludicrous.

It is an uphill battle. We have a biological tendency of wanting to picking sides and psychological biases that make us see those on "our side" in a positive light and those in the "other side" negatively. It's not only biological factors like sex or race, it's also political ideology, economic status, nationality and many others. They're all factors that help us separate "us" from "them".

I'd like to say "we can solve this by doing this and that", but the truth is that there's no easy solution. The Internet has helped with radicalization and furthering division. Riling up people gets clicks. Creating echo chambers with high levels of engagement also generates clicks and thus ad revenue. The current overlords of the Internet thrive on controversy. I guess the only positive action left would be to avoid falling in the trap of pointless tribalism and encourage others to do the same, but to be quite frank I'm not exactly optimistic about the future.

We've definitely made some really great progress in civil rights and enfranchising minority groups and women, but it is also true that there's still work to be done, even in Western countries.

Unfortunately, likely due to the nature of how social media works, modern day activists tend to do more harm than good. Like for example, in 2020, during the George Floyd protests, BLM actually had record levels of support, but due to a combination of people justifying rioting and looting as well as BLM's ill-advised focus on Defunding (or in more extreme cases, abolishing) the police, American support for BLM sank drastically like a stone. Which is bad, cause Police Reform would've been really neat, but the activists snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Civil rights still has an important place in society, it's just that we really need to get better activists

Well, human trafficking is still endemic, differences in rates of victimization to violence are still depressingly high between genders and societies can go backwards extremely quickly. Take the example of the Taliban in Afghanistan, or even of the modern US where you're back to pre-teens being forced to be parents (and the same moves are being repeated in Italy).

I think the illusion of contentment of our current society is dangerous, it's the kind of "end of history" belief which makes people think democracies and associated values are destined to happen. Except most people never lived in these democracies and multiple democracies are falling apart right now because they're hard work to maintain.

the modern day activism yes