Not really, woke used to be a word people used to identify themselves with. [1] And Tyler Cownen recently wrote opinion piece on Bloomberg defending wokism. [2]

Not really, woke used to be a word people used to identify themselves with. [1] And Tyler Cownen recently wrote opinion piece on Bloomberg defending wokism. [2] It is not "a placeholder term for whatever you don't like", not in any meaningful sense. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke [2]: [Why Wokeism Will Rule the World](https://archive.fo/OaowM https://archive.fo/OaowM)