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Any grassroots attempt to challenge the system values (what you would call "woke") was met with the full repressive force of the system. It only softened in the
by varjag 6y ago
Any grassroots attempt to challenge the system values (what you would call "woke") was met with the full repressive force of the system. It only softened in the last 3-4 years of decay but even then was still sporadically enforced.
- brokenkebab 6y agoWokeness is certainly among the strongest movements in developed Anglophone countries, having a huge discoursive power, and embedded in structures of authority for quite a long time. Last 7-8 yrs it became more visible simply because its demands are growing more radical, and it started to fight a wider circles of opponents.
- varjag 6y agoIt can be a powerful movement on its own without being anything at all like Soviet authoritarianism. I seriously fail to see the point in this comparison except as a cheap rhetorical device. Let's find parallels to the crusades or Inca human sacrifice, am sure it's just as relevant.
- brokenkebab 6y agoWell, you probably didn't read the text. There are very fine-defined points to compare, nobody draws any wild parallels.