by Cauf Skiviers, Cultural Inappropriation, ©2023
(Jun. 5, 2023) —
“Il faut, dans le gouvernement, des bergers et des bouchers
(A government needs both shepherds and butchers)”
Voltaire
After being exposed through the ‘What is a Woman?‘ phenomenon, progressives, in their lack of imagination and sense of dignity, believed they found a silver bullet in a supposed comeback: ‘What is woke?’ With one fell swoop, they felt they could alleviate criticism of their irrational antics and provide a gotcha question to lay the pesky ‘what is a woman?’ problem they can’t answer, to rest.
Except ‘what is woke?’ is a burning question that holds no fire.
The woke thought they were having their ‘what is a woman?’ moment. Instead, it turned out they had their ‘what is Aleppo?‘ moment. Or, better yet, their “the jerk store called” moment.
There’s no ambiguity, no contradiction, just a demonstration of sheer progressive ignorance while the world watches. Because the world knows exactly what woke is: the cult of Cultural Marxism, a secular humanist religion.
It is a concept so widely accepted that I wrote about it over a year ago in the article below:
All Hail the Church of Woke
Cauf Skiviers . May 17, 2022
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“if their founding myth is based on the ‘oppressor’ and ‘oppressed’ archetypes, it only makes sense that their theology is underpinned by historical materialism [Marxism] but, with a twist: instead of the class struggle, we ended up with multiple identity struggles.”
But, don’t take my word for it. Matt Walsh, of “What is a Woman?” fame, has recently given a remarkably similar definition, and I was not surprised by it:
“[woke] is a cult or a secular religion which teaches that society is systemically oppressive towards certain supposedly marginalized groups, […] that our institutions were built expressly with the purpose of oppressing these groups […] according to the doctrines of the cult nothing can exist for its own sakes no institution can have any purpose above or beyond the enforcement of those doctrines […] in the woke religion the Satan figure is the heterosexual white male and each member of this group inherits the collective guilt of the oppressor”
Interestingly, last year, I identified Donald Trump as the ‘devil’ according to the woke perspective (Walsh is more generic, opting for the heterosexual white male), and I wrote an entire piece on how the progressive belief in naïve rationality (Walsh’s “nothing can exist for its own sake no institution can have any purpose above or beyond the enforcement of those doctrines”) is a reason why the woke fail in critical thinking.
You can watch Walsh’s full video on the definition of ‘woke’ here. Now, even if we couldn’t agree on a common definition, there is still a crucial difference between asking ‘what is a woman?’ and asking ‘what is woke?’ A woman is, of course, a biological reality, ‘woke’ is an idea and therefore open to multiple interpretations. Also, by answering ‘what is woke?’ we are giving a definition to something. By answering ‘what is a woman?’ the Left is attempting to redefine a word, assigning a contrived meaning to something whose definition we always understood.
Nobody Joins a Cult
So, why does the definition of ‘woke’ remain elusive to the woke themselves, even if conservatives agree on a roughly concise meaning? The answer lies in two reasons.
First, people never join a cult; they simply associate with a group of like-minded individuals who believe they are working towards the ‘greater good’. A key characteristic of cult members is their inability to understand that they are part of a cult.
But are the woke really part of one? German-American philosopher of religion, Joachim Wach, identifies three key elements of a cult: a belief system, a system of ritual worship, and a moral system governing social relationships. Wokeism checks all these boxes.
As a belief system, it holds the egocentric belief in a self-God, the founding myth of ‘white privilege‘, and the theology of the ‘oppressed vs oppressor‘. Additionally, they threaten dissenters with the modern-day Inquisition of cancel culture and hold the belief that the apocalypse is near with Climate ChangeTM poised as divine retribution for our sins.
In terms of ritual worship, followers gather in communion to chant protest slogans, often while donning their ceremonial pussy hats and/or black masks. They produce a rich iconography to virtue signal that they are always supporting the ‘current thing‘ and have strict rules about what one can say, wear, or eat. They also hold firm beliefs in the sacraments of gender transition, abortion, divorce, and euthanasia.
Regarding the moral system of social relationships, the woke have a well-defined structure with apostles (celebrities), prophets (politicians), high clergy (corporate officers), and low clergy (NGO officers), all enforcing a strict hierarchy of victimhood.
Diverse Weights and Measures
Similar to those in a cult, the woke are under constant pressure to suppress their individuality and conform. They are driven to change their names, engage in self-mutilation and castration (or mortification?), and consume hallucinogenic substances to ‘find themselves’ (LSD, ‘shrooms, and ayahuasca are the new Kool-Aids).
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One response to “What Is Woke?”
To be “Woke” is to be part of the “Woke Culture” which advocates challenging everything that traditional culture considers “Normal”. It is just another version of the Critical Theory School teachings of Marxism which teaches its disciples to challenge everything in existing society and in history to create divisiveness and friction in a targeted society.
“Wokeness” of course advocates Critical Race Theory as just one example of the overall Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School Marxist teachings to undermine and bring down from within western democracies and republics. To be “Woke” you have to believe there is no “normal” and there are no “biological truths”.
The “Woke” person must challenge anyone who thinks otherwise and believes there are “norms” and “biological truths”. To be “Woke” you must ascribe to the belief that in every aspect of your life you must challenge everything and constantly be a vocal critic of every aspect of the status quo and history. Again, to the “Woke” there is no “Normal”. There is no “Normal Bell Curve” of what is normal acceptable behavior in a society. What is tolerated in private in society must now be out in the open and thrown into the face of the rest of society and they must accept it and allow it to be taught to children in our schools. Anything goes. They want to bring extreme abnormal social behaviors to the middle of the curve of accepted social public behavior. To them there is no abnormal behavior, private or public.
And that is what we see as a product of the “Woke” ideology and culture. They demand total acceptance of ever an increasing deviancy from the norm. As I said, there is no norm that is acceptable to them. They demand total acceptance of their abnormal agendas, behavior, and activities and can quickly get violent to anyone who stands up to them. And they want to indoctrinate their mindset into our children in our schools.