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dudefelicianotoday at 3:31 PM1 replyview on HN

> Woke is cultural Marxism

> Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the 1930s or earlier to refer to awareness of racial prejudice and discrimination, often in the construction stay woke. [1]

> Cultural Marxism is a far-right antisemitic conspiracy theory that misrepresents Western Marxism (especially the Frankfurt School) as being responsible for modern progressive movements, identity politics, and political correctness. [2]

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism_conspiracy_th...


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philipallstartoday at 3:44 PM

Yes, the first one was the original meaning of the word.

The second one is... I don't know how to debate someone who quotes Wikipedia like this. It's not what I said. That article looks incredibly one-sided, and uses fallacies of the "You think snow is white? Did you know Adolph Hitler thought snow was white?" persuasion.

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