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The "woke" movement uses the same tactics as religions. Followers try to shame you and offer absolution for your original sin of racism or transphobia. There ar
by ahallock 5y ago
The "woke" movement uses the same tactics as religions. Followers try to shame you and offer absolution for your original sin of racism or transphobia. There are different sects of wokeness, similar to denominations in the Christian Church. It's also a form of mob mentality and bullying. Corporations, unsurprisingly, have also jumped on the trend.
- beerandt 5y agoAnyone who doesn't have a (or acknowledge their) religion is really just oblivious to what theirs really is. religion being the loose/broad definition, and not necessarily (but sometimes) the dogmatic and organized big R Religion.
- guerrilla 5y agoI think there's a lot of truth in what you're saying but I think there are also many exceptions which would include many academic philosophers, people who vascilate a lot and people really looking for something but not having found it.
- iammisc 5y agoThose still searching almost always have a belief system and are now looking for a group that shares it. Or a group that can clarify it
- daenz 5y agoReligion minus the formal concept of God. In other words a democratic religion, where the rules have no grounding in an externality, and can change rapidly based on who currently has influence.