Woke ideology is a social and philosophical movement that prioritizes identity politics, cultural Marxism, and social constructivism.
It emphasises:
- The importance of group identity over individual identity
- The existence of systemic oppression and power imbalances
- The need to challenge and dismantle these systems
Basicly
- Language policing
- Cancel culture
- Moral absolutism
- Compliance and conformity
This then meads to:
- Intellectual suppression
- Censorship
- Social conformity
- Divisiveness
You can apply all of this to the Trump conservative movement, except that systemic oppression and power imbalances are treated as natural, and thus (at best) not something we need to be concerned about.
Really lets try it:
βThe Trump conservative movement is a social and philosophical movement that prioritizes identity politics, cultural Marxism, and social constructivism.β - some guy on lemmy
I mean, Trump conservatism is clearly influenced and informed by post-modernist philosophy. Social constructivism is there in spades. Identity politics predate all of this and have been used by both sides extensively over time. Cultural Marxismβ¦ Iβm not even sure what it is - sort of an amalgam of critical theory and (((them)))? Okay, you got me on that one.
Why u gonna engage with the ideas or just sit their brooding with a disapproving look?
Imagine I was hungry and you kindly served up a platter of exotic and mysterious food but right in the middle of it there was a festering lump of rotten meatβ¦ suddenly I wouldnβt be so hungry. Thatβs how I feel whenever I encounter that term. Thereβs no great bogeyman controlling things - itβs just that humanity is slowly moving away from its obsession with invisible sky men telling everyone how to live.
Holy fuck, haha.
You are literally defining conservatives everywhere. Do you not fucking get it?
Somehow vague and semi specific at the same time. Just dressed up crybaby bullshit for βI canβt insult minorities with impunity anymore!β