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I sort of agree that we underestimate support for these policies, but critically I think we underestimate who (rather than how many people) supports these polic
by throwaway894345 4y ago
I sort of agree that we underestimate support for these policies, but critically I think we underestimate who (rather than how many people) supports these policies—notably the elites in Hollywood, media, academia, and business (at least via DEI platforms in every major company).
Even still, I’m somewhat optimistic that this ideology won’t be adopted in its current form because it’s so inconsistent and often counterfactual, and I believe in a sort of “truth floats”. Moreover, our society is already “less woke” (or whatever term you prefer) than we were in the BLM and #MeToo eras.
Honestly, my biggest concern is that proponents of woke ideology are pretty successfully framing it as the only alternative to Republican anti-wokeness or otherwise as the best way to “own the conservatives”. At least that’s the impression I get from debates I’ve had.
- jwalton 4y agoI have a number of friends who, a decade ago, jumped down the super woke rabbit hole. They’re quite far from academia - in fact the one thing that ties most of them together is that they didn’t bother going to university and then spent a long chunk of time essentially unemployed. So it isn’t just the elite and the Hollywood types… although my anecdotal evidence isn’t any better than your anecdotal evidence. :P
- throwaway894345 4y agoOh, I fully agree that it isn’t limited to academia. I’m only saying that your unemployed super-woke friends aren’t as influential as Hollywood, the media, government bureaucrats, academia, DEI departments, etc. :)