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The elites have been obsessed with race and the new religion of wokeism, which has certainly percolated down. > Veganism, exercise, obsession with health etc,

The elites have been obsessed with race and the new religion of wokeism, which has certainly percolated down. > Veganism, exercise, obsession with health etc, it hasn't really percolated down much. They aren't pushing exercise and health, just the opposite. "Stay inside. Obesity is beautiful. Drink coca cola."

krapp 5y ago
>The elites have been obsessed with race and the new religion of wokeism, which has certainly percolated down. "Wokeism" isn't a religion, it isn't new and it "percolated" up from Black activism to white liberalism to the elites, not down.
- throwkeep 5y ago
  Yea, but then it become a religion. It has all the features except for redemption. "John McWhorter: The Neoracists": https://www.persuasion.community/p/john-mcwhorter-the-neoracists https://www.persuasion.community/p/john-mcwhorter-the-neorac... "The New Religion Of Anti-Racism": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPHUu9sAGKo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPHUu9sAGKo "Wokeness: old religion in a new bottle": https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/08/14/wokeness-old-religion-in-new-bottle/ https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/08/14/wokeness-old-religi...
Barrin92 5y ago
The elites drink Kale Juice, are decidedly non-obese, and have personal trainers. That this behavior coexists with a message of body positivity proves the point, there is no one single culture. 'Wokeism' (or at least significant parts of it) is, contrary to popular opinion, not an elite project. The reason why it has actual pull in society is because it to a large degree comes out of fairly old-school, activist organizing.
- throwkeep 5y ago
  Yes, they do one thing, and say another. They're not telling their own kids that being obese is beautiful and healthy. That message is for the poors. > 'Wokeism' (or at least significant parts of it) is, contrary to popular opinion, not an elite project. The reason why it has actual pull in society is because it to a large degree comes out of fairly old-school, activist organizing. I think it's both, and the activist aspect is why it's so effective and embraced by the Twitter slacktivist crowd. Identity politics was pushed by the elite to divide the underclass into small pieces. After Occupy Wall Street, they shifted the national discussion and focus away from class to identity.
tolbish 5y ago
"percolated down"? Since when have the elites been interested in racial equity? By elites, we're talking about the 1% or even the .01%.

krapp 5y ago

>The elites have been obsessed with race and the new religion of wokeism, which has certainly percolated down. "Wokeism" isn't a religion, it isn't new and it "percolated" up from Black activism to white liberalism to the elites, not down.

throwkeep 5y ago
Yea, but then it become a religion. It has all the features except for redemption. "John McWhorter: The Neoracists": https://www.persuasion.community/p/john-mcwhorter-the-neoracists https://www.persuasion.community/p/john-mcwhorter-the-neorac... "The New Religion Of Anti-Racism": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPHUu9sAGKo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPHUu9sAGKo "Wokeness: old religion in a new bottle": https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/08/14/wokeness-old-religion-in-new-bottle/ https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/08/14/wokeness-old-religi...

Barrin92 5y ago

The elites drink Kale Juice, are decidedly non-obese, and have personal trainers. That this behavior coexists with a message of body positivity proves the point, there is no one single culture. 'Wokeism' (or at least significant parts of it) is, contrary to popular opinion, not an elite project. The reason why it has actual pull in society is because it to a large degree comes out of fairly old-school, activist organizing.

throwkeep 5y ago
Yes, they do one thing, and say another. They're not telling their own kids that being obese is beautiful and healthy. That message is for the poors. > 'Wokeism' (or at least significant parts of it) is, contrary to popular opinion, not an elite project. The reason why it has actual pull in society is because it to a large degree comes out of fairly old-school, activist organizing. I think it's both, and the activist aspect is why it's so effective and embraced by the Twitter slacktivist crowd. Identity politics was pushed by the elite to divide the underclass into small pieces. After Occupy Wall Street, they shifted the national discussion and focus away from class to identity.

tolbish 5y ago

"percolated down"? Since when have the elites been interested in racial equity? By elites, we're talking about the 1% or even the .01%.