The "woke coalition" is easy to explain [see photo]. If you are part of the "woke coalition" you subscribe to the founding principle that each and every individual must attain an "equal outcome in his or her life". If we hold to that principle then the world as it has existed for the Centuries past must be stripped down and rebuilt. This means that current ways of thinking, behaving, and believing must be held to account and placed under critical review.
The aim is simple and the narrative for such an aim is nicely summed up in the notion that "you will own nothing and you will be happy". If everyone owns nothing then it seems logical that most social justice issues will simply fade away.
Here is the rub. While the aim of being woke is simple: the practice is not. It is complex. It is enveloped in ambiguity. It is bathed in uncertainty. It is a "hotpot soup" of competing ideas, behaviours, and beliefs. And so the creation of a sustainable "woke coalition" has long been plagued with challenges. The biggest of hurdles is that the "woke coalition" does not, and perhaps can not, accommodate the vast array of needs of humans on this planet in 2021.
In turn, this means that the "woke coalition" we see today is actually a patchwork quilt of ideas, ideals, ideologies, and fundament belief sets. This is why we see the woke movement enlisting the help of governments, corporations, unions, investment houses, etc to enforce strict "social mandates" upon their members. These mandates provide each individual with a certified ticket to ride on the great woke machine whether he or she is committed to the fundamental principle of "equal outcomes" or not.
You may describe yourself as a feminist, a progressive, a unionist, a change agent, etc but if, and only if, you believe in the notion of "equal outcomes" will you ever be truly woke
Richard.
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