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WATCHING WOKE

WATCHING WOKE

On "woke" as a helpmeet to harm

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Oct 07, 2024
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Abp. Marcel Lefebvre: not a fan of progressive liberation from the truth.

Woke gets attention. Yet to treat what is called “woke” as a mere clown show is dangerous. It may be profitable to some to do so, but there is more to this display than mere spectacle.

What I mean here is that the concept of “woke” is misleading in itself. People who monetise talk about it are helpmeets to harm, because their framing typically limits the significance of this project of denormalisation.

Today I will argue we should wake up from our notion of “woke”, in order to recognise it for what it is: a partnership with power in theory and practice towards the replacement of our civilisation.

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