As someone who identifies as Reformed Woke, I was very surprised to discover how deeply unpopular Wokeism is, particularly among blue collar folks, once I exited my earnest Woke fog.
I just remembered - I used to host a Woke bookclub, unironically 😂
I really, really hope you're right, but where I currently live (purplish district of a blue state) woke school board members just mopped the floor with candidates trying to tap the brakes on this insanity. Lots and lots of money was dumped into a school board race on the side pushing DEI and gender nonsense. Some very powerful people and organizations are pushing this harmful ideology.
This also assumes free and fair elections where the will of the people is advanced. I'm not sure those exist anymore. Just a guess (not sure if the St. Petersburg Times-Picayune ever ran a poll), but I would guess that Communism was never wildly popular in 1920s Russia, certainly not in Ukraine. Didn't matter. Collectivism was imposed with rather dire consequences, while the rest of the population was fed a steady diet of propaganda demonizing "kulaks." Look around 21st century America. Substitute "MAGA-Republicans, gun owners, white people" with "kulaks" and, in Twain's aphorism, lots of rhyming seems to be going on. Targets are being isolated and attacked. Those with no dog in the fight will sit out the fight, for the most part, and just go along with the flow (CJ Hopkins has written a bit on this phenomenon)
Maybe Musk's wonderfully rough handling of that effeminate reporter signals a welcome start of an intra-elite tussle on this subject. Let's hope so, but so far the overwhelming majority of government, media, corporations, culture, and entertainment are all on one side of this issue.
The purpose of all these magical words is to disguise ideological uniformity as cultural diversity.
A moral epistemology of: I'm angry, therefore I'm right.
This is just a construct of beliefs, because for an opinion to be true, the so-called truth and its justification must be connected in order to be actual knowledge.
Their "knowledge" is just beliefs with no justification except feelings.
So their words, being untethered from reality, eventually meet their boundaries and just go echo...echoo.....echoooo......oooh.......ooh
Maybe the woke "sound" wave will dissipate to a whisper....because they "broke" the "safe" barrier?....
This article made me very happy so thank you. I watched Elon's BBC interview on the internet after the event as I don't have a BBC licence or a television come to that - that made me happy too. On BBC radio 4 the day after the interview I heard the BBC talking about how Elon probably wasn't as smart as people think he is and how he didn't give them enough time to organise - and guess what - that made me happy too. About time we had a bit of fun.
Worm turning... well 20% of GenZ is identifying as not straight. And it looks set to rise. I'm seeing a morph from trans movement into transhumanism (with the rise of AI & robots). So looks like this is continuing to me. I think strong organic futuristic lifestyles need to be promoted, otherwise people just fall into AI, metaverse, ready-player-one or worse dystopias. Everywhere I look is kids on screens.
The woke index measured by the volume of craziness on social media might have dropped a few points but in terms of being embedded in institutions it is only just getting going. I run a business regulated by the FCA in the UK and they will soon expect all regulated business to implement DEI and ESG policies
A preference cascade does seem quite inevitable at some point, but these people still control all the institutions and they're not giving that up any time soon.
I'm sure you know the Goebbels quote: "The lie can be maintained only for such time as the state can shield the people from the ... consequences of the lie." I like your optimism, but the state is still doing an awful lot of shielding.
I really liked how "BBC boyo" said he was seeing more hateful content, but then when he couldn't provide a single example, reverted to saying that "many organizations" were seeing that.
“If you cannot handle someone telling the truth, you’re teaching them to lie to you.” This principle has been carried out on society-wide scale. How many people are playing the word game of the “word cult” without believing a word of it? I believe many. And as the craziness hits their own families (parent “cancelled” for an off the cuff remark, only child telling that she wants to be “trans,” etc), the downfall of the Woke cult will be swift and the lies will tumble upon any inspection.
This information control tactic preceded woke. I have been fighting it since the Clinton years when it first ascended as a weapon. Mercola lays out who is behind the tactic. https://www.bitchute.com/video/aDIbmuqVgZC6/. These are the most powerful and influential people on the planet. Stopping the tactic will be a revolution against the Transnational Capitalist Class (TCC). The marriage between the TCC and Woke ideology, and their associated thought and behavior control tactics is the merger monster. This is truth and humanity against lies and transhumanism.
They are not done. They keep coming. There is a crack in the dam., but we have to keep pushing back on the madness and that takes practice and courage. When things collapse is when they will make a big grasp. Reject fake digital currency or the cycle will continue.
As someone who identifies as Reformed Woke, I was very surprised to discover how deeply unpopular Wokeism is, particularly among blue collar folks, once I exited my earnest Woke fog.
I just remembered - I used to host a Woke bookclub, unironically 😂
I really, really hope you're right, but where I currently live (purplish district of a blue state) woke school board members just mopped the floor with candidates trying to tap the brakes on this insanity. Lots and lots of money was dumped into a school board race on the side pushing DEI and gender nonsense. Some very powerful people and organizations are pushing this harmful ideology.
This also assumes free and fair elections where the will of the people is advanced. I'm not sure those exist anymore. Just a guess (not sure if the St. Petersburg Times-Picayune ever ran a poll), but I would guess that Communism was never wildly popular in 1920s Russia, certainly not in Ukraine. Didn't matter. Collectivism was imposed with rather dire consequences, while the rest of the population was fed a steady diet of propaganda demonizing "kulaks." Look around 21st century America. Substitute "MAGA-Republicans, gun owners, white people" with "kulaks" and, in Twain's aphorism, lots of rhyming seems to be going on. Targets are being isolated and attacked. Those with no dog in the fight will sit out the fight, for the most part, and just go along with the flow (CJ Hopkins has written a bit on this phenomenon)
Maybe Musk's wonderfully rough handling of that effeminate reporter signals a welcome start of an intra-elite tussle on this subject. Let's hope so, but so far the overwhelming majority of government, media, corporations, culture, and entertainment are all on one side of this issue.
And, of course, we need an impartial legal system. Oh, look: https://reason.com/2023/04/06/trump-commuted-his-sentence-now-the-justice-department-is-going-to-prosecute-him-again/
The purpose of all these magical words is to disguise ideological uniformity as cultural diversity.
A moral epistemology of: I'm angry, therefore I'm right.
This is just a construct of beliefs, because for an opinion to be true, the so-called truth and its justification must be connected in order to be actual knowledge.
Their "knowledge" is just beliefs with no justification except feelings.
So their words, being untethered from reality, eventually meet their boundaries and just go echo...echoo.....echoooo......oooh.......ooh
Maybe the woke "sound" wave will dissipate to a whisper....because they "broke" the "safe" barrier?....
This article made me very happy so thank you. I watched Elon's BBC interview on the internet after the event as I don't have a BBC licence or a television come to that - that made me happy too. On BBC radio 4 the day after the interview I heard the BBC talking about how Elon probably wasn't as smart as people think he is and how he didn't give them enough time to organise - and guess what - that made me happy too. About time we had a bit of fun.
Worm turning... well 20% of GenZ is identifying as not straight. And it looks set to rise. I'm seeing a morph from trans movement into transhumanism (with the rise of AI & robots). So looks like this is continuing to me. I think strong organic futuristic lifestyles need to be promoted, otherwise people just fall into AI, metaverse, ready-player-one or worse dystopias. Everywhere I look is kids on screens.
Folks like the BBC reporter know that there is a world outside the echo chamber, in fact, they need that world, just that they have contempt for it.
The woke index measured by the volume of craziness on social media might have dropped a few points but in terms of being embedded in institutions it is only just getting going. I run a business regulated by the FCA in the UK and they will soon expect all regulated business to implement DEI and ESG policies
https://www.fca.org.uk/about/how-we-operate/diversity-equity-inclusion
https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/corporate-documents/strategy-positive-change-our-esg-priorities
A preference cascade does seem quite inevitable at some point, but these people still control all the institutions and they're not giving that up any time soon.
I'm sure you know the Goebbels quote: "The lie can be maintained only for such time as the state can shield the people from the ... consequences of the lie." I like your optimism, but the state is still doing an awful lot of shielding.
I really liked how "BBC boyo" said he was seeing more hateful content, but then when he couldn't provide a single example, reverted to saying that "many organizations" were seeing that.
“If you cannot handle someone telling the truth, you’re teaching them to lie to you.” This principle has been carried out on society-wide scale. How many people are playing the word game of the “word cult” without believing a word of it? I believe many. And as the craziness hits their own families (parent “cancelled” for an off the cuff remark, only child telling that she wants to be “trans,” etc), the downfall of the Woke cult will be swift and the lies will tumble upon any inspection.
This information control tactic preceded woke. I have been fighting it since the Clinton years when it first ascended as a weapon. Mercola lays out who is behind the tactic. https://www.bitchute.com/video/aDIbmuqVgZC6/. These are the most powerful and influential people on the planet. Stopping the tactic will be a revolution against the Transnational Capitalist Class (TCC). The marriage between the TCC and Woke ideology, and their associated thought and behavior control tactics is the merger monster. This is truth and humanity against lies and transhumanism.
They are not done. They keep coming. There is a crack in the dam., but we have to keep pushing back on the madness and that takes practice and courage. When things collapse is when they will make a big grasp. Reject fake digital currency or the cycle will continue.
Now slay the magic "virus exist" cult. Then we are home safe and dry
“Neither smart, not informed, just convinced.” Probably the best description yet.
A rich feast. Much to chew on. Thanks, egm!
I hold that this is a race to the wire. Evil eventually turns on evil because of the precise nature of its elements.
But, man, the rest of us need to awaken to the reality that we must return to our Christian roots. God will not be mocked.