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Ugh, c'mon, this is Fox/CNN-tier. "The Squad" is not especially woke (maybe Ilhan Omar?), except in the minds of Republicans who want something to rail at, and Democrats who want to appeal to "the youth". Like, AOC in particular, the figurehead, is really not especially radical. Neither was Bernie (with whom she was roughly aligned), even if he did absorb and make peace with parts of BLM (actually I respected him for that; it shows he's a peacemaker -- I digress).

As a general rule, you're not going to find a lot of this woke stuff in conventional political channels. You're going to see it more in universities, or from "public intellectuals", and on Twitter.

If we're looking for someone who actually does hold political office and who might fit the bill, Chesa Boudin might be appropriate:

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/08/28/why-san-f...



I’m not American. I don’t think you have to tick all the extreme boxes to be considered woke. I believe their worldview fits with my first quote.




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