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My problem with "woke culture" is that it's constantly fighting an imaginary enemy, some abstract concept that's been conjured up.

I hazard to say this post is a good example of the problem.



An enemy is not imaginary if you yourself did not experience it.


That's true, but just because I didn't experience it doesn't mean imaginary enemies isn't a well-worn tactic used in society.

The Jews were demonized by Christians in the ye-old days based on imaginary qualities that simply weren't true.

So were the Land-lords.

So were the "witches" and the "heretics".


So was I


Isn't an enemy always imaginary if you didn't experience it yourself? You can only then be communicated the idea of an enemy...


And a the interpretation of an experience, however personal, is not some singular, universal truth.




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