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		tgv on Sept 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How did American “wokeness” jump from elite school... You may have a point. I’ve always seen it as a desperate attempt to be on the right side of history, but there are so few causes of importance left. Of course, with post-modernism and linguistic relativity added to the mix.

mountainriver on Sept 4, 2021 [–]

Yeah agree, it’s a need to feel like they are making a change and a desire for moral superiority.

It’s sort of interesting it happened so hard with this generation, there must have been some tipping point.

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