Anti-Woke was a Trump campaign force multiplier, ironically. Wokers, hoisted upon their own petard
The Brief – Expect an anti-woke wave
Did the rejection of the woke ideology bring Trump to power? Many analysts and commentators believe so, and it is only logical that some European politicians will seek to jump on the bandwagon.
According to statistical data quoted by
The Economist, America has become less 'woke' since a peak in 2020, when Joe Biden was elected, and 'woke' opinions and practices are on the decline.
While Merriam-Webster defines 'woke' as being "aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)", there is no bipartisan definition.
Democrats describe it as a personal view that expresses empathy and awareness of systemic injustices, while Republicans are more likely to describe wokeness as an agenda promoting far-left priorities and gender ideology.
In the meantime, for many, the term 'woke' came to designate the politically correct going too far. In fact,
Merriam-Webster notes that "woke" can imply political liberalism or progressivism perceived as extreme or unreasonable.
In terms of wokerism going astray, a high point was reached in 2021, when Nancy Pelosi, the then-speaker of the United States House of Representatives,
proposed changes to the house rules that would “honour all gender identities” by eliminating such terms as mother and father, son and daughter, and aunt and uncle.
Instead, only gender-neutral terms such as “parent,” “child,” “sibling”, and “parent’s sibling” would be allowed in the text of the house rules, according to the proposed changes.
Pelosi also
enthusiastically supported Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate, stressing her strong values as “a woman in politics”.
But
not all Democrats were so supportive. In the eyes of many US voters, Vice President Kamala Harris symbolised woke-feminist progressivism, which had alienated core segments of the Democratic voter base.
