"The Lottery" delivers a tight, classic narrative without prioritizing identity politics or shoehorned representation. Characters are defined by their roles in the community rather than modern markers like race or sexuality. The story maintains suspense and realism, showing the dark side of conformity. By today's standards, it has almost no 'woke' traits in either character development or theme.

The book critiques blind tradition rather than mocking specific religion, family, or masculinity. While it questions societal rituals, it doesn't specifically target or undermine any traditional institution per se, its focus is on the dangers of unthinking conformity. Still, its subversion of groupthink could be interpreted by some as a mild swipe at traditionalism in abstract form.

There isn't an obvious modern ideological monoculture. While dissenters to the lottery are absent (which makes sense contextually), the story critiques, rather than celebrates, the lack of pluralism. There's no overt championing of today's ideological talking points. The villagers are one-note, but the point is to show how communities can be complicit in cruelty.