Woke croaks: “peak woke” has passed

Over the past decade a form of wokeness (www.economist....) arose on the illiberal left, characterised by extreme pessimism about America and its capacity to make progress. of how influential these ideas are today finds that wokeness peaked in 2021-22 and has since receded. Why is America becoming less “woke”?
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[@michaelxz1305]

Well, we already could feel that we've turned the corner.. but it will still take time for all the things that wokeness has ruined to recover... The workplace, movies, tv shows, video games.. but finally people have hope. (I'm talking about what the word has meant since people became aware of it.. i.e. the last 5 years or so.. so no need to point out that it had a different meaning when practically nobody knew the word)

[@jomo4435]

The idiocy of political correctness's distortion

[@elwrongo]

when she says "its so hard being a man" he should say back to her "how would you know?"

[@glennnielsen8054]

Without freedom of speech there can be no wisdom.

[@JaspRemains-v7c]

Money Power and Respect. I wonder if Progressives can lose enough of those to stop their racism.

[@dylanschulz9118]

Watching the whole woke debate from europe, it has been hard to even understand what wokeness is

[@Vee-zz7]

Identity politics may get complicated ...for example Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris was born in Oakland California, raised in Berkley and later a wealthy neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec Canada, her mom was a biomedical researcher and her dad a Stanford Economics professor, she is part Black, part East Indian, her husband is Jewish and her step children would be Jewish/Irish American whom many people would identify as White.

[@JaspRemains-v7c]

In reality, actually, more to the point, and moreover, and furthermore, yet also and but, Hee father was a nice earning professor at a great uni. In presumably the 70s. She is a Senator. There just is not an oppression story here. But she can intone as some fire South preacher is she wants to ape some actual underclass.

[@BoggWeasel]

Finally, don't have to think for 10 mins before speaking in case of starting an argument with someone younger than 30...... ( If you're offended by anything I say then it's on you to figure it out, not me 😁 )

[@michaelxz1305]

I'm offended you're not offended that I'm not offended

[@glennnielsen8054]

When a politician shapes his views according to what the majority thinks, it is a danger signal.

[@ullscarf]

Aren't politicians meant to carry out the wishes of the majority?

[@glennnielsen8054]

@@ullscarf It is true. My point is exactly as Joseph Schumpeter described it.

[@JaspRemains-v7c]

He should happen to represent the bulk population. Not studying their polled answers first.

[@glennnielsen8054]

@@JaspRemains-v7c Or simply do what is best for the nation.

[@DevvratChaubal]

First to watch

[@yasminetaraboulsi]

Ah?

[@waynemazique6556]

You can't skew or redefine "woke". It is what it is. Meaning we will always be alert to the racists.

[@BoggWeasel]

Don't need "woke" to remind me.... never needed to be "woke".. really dislike the way it's been used to leverage language, thought and discussion reducing everything to simple extremes, polarisation and argument. I'm obviously just not a fan of this over simplified uninformed way of communicating. And no, I'm not a racist, homophobe, or any other "ist" that can be applied.....

[@dennyeduardo]

Second❤ here

[@NickMACK1473]

watching from St George estate Grenada in the caribbean

[@ssuwandi3240]

Soo who's paying fior reparations ...mmhh

[@waynemazique6556]

@@ssuwandi3240 The beneficiaries of hundreds of years of free labor.

[@ssuwandi3240]

I would say it'd be the mainstream media that intentionally breached the codes of f conduct in journalism The SPJ code features four principles of ethical journalism: Seek Truth and Report It

[@epicvideos6227]

​@@waynemazique6556 who TF lived hundreds of years to still benefit from their actions ? 😅 In legal terms, the question isn never who benefits, but who's responsible. Benefiting from past generation's acts is never a valid motive for legal penalty if you weren't even born.

[@sammiller6631]

Reparations come immediately after a war. Once the last person who lived through said event has died, it's no longer reparations.

[@ssuwandi3240]

@@sammiller6631 My bad. Class action litigation.. for disrupting going concerned businesses.