> Now, he was preparing his constituents for the existential battle posed by their newest imaginary adversary: wokeness This in no way suggests "wokeness" is a

> Now, he was preparing his constituents for the existential battle posed by their newest imaginary adversary: wokeness This in no way suggests "wokeness" is a made-up term. It's no different than the right's use of "Socialism" as a imaginary adversary. Socialism exists. But it's been applied as a boogeyman for the better part of a century by conservatives. Harry Truman made this very argument in the '50s. [1] In that same spirit, "Woke" is a term often hurled at any idea that criticizes the status-quo. That these are similar scare words is not an original idea [2] [1] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/truman-socialism-scare-word/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/truman-socialism-scare-wor... [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/wokeness-socialism-liberal-threat-public-discourse/673430/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/wokeness-s...