How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life? • Hacker News Board

Re: How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?

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Post by nyolfen » Sat, Sep 04, 2021, 2:15 AM UTC

chmod775 wrote: post #6

Fundamentally languages have been evolving in a reductive manner, which is why adding syllables to terms like in "Latino/Latina -> Latin-x -> Latinx+" won't last. People will quickly eschew these terms for things that are easier to pronounce. There's no malice in this - just a natural evolution of language towards efficiency. As such its an endless cycle: new stuff is introduced to everyday language then reduced to s…

the point is not the specific words you use, the point is that you do not have a choice in using them

Re: How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?

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Post by knownjorbist » Sat, Sep 04, 2021, 2:16 AM UTC

I'm saddened that "intellectual dark web" stuff has purchase here. But then again SV is where it metastasized.

Re: How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?

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Post by spamizbad » Sat, Sep 04, 2021, 2:18 AM UTC

It didn't. It lives entirely in elite society. If you aren't a member of an elite social strata it doesn't impact you and nobody gives a damn.

Re: How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?

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Post by tazjin » Sat, Sep 04, 2021, 2:18 AM UTC

I recommend anyone who spends a lot of time thinking about this type of thing to take a break for a few months in a country that doesn't indulge it, e.g. Russia.

Re: How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?

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Post by nradov » Sat, Sep 04, 2021, 2:18 AM UTC

Barrin92 wrote: post #7

I'm glad that the Economist points out at the end that 'wokeness' has become a favorite of business, and the reason is pretty obvious, as a movement it's self-defeating because all identitarian politics eventually ends in infighting, with its subjective, choice and preference based worldview it's actually ill-equipped to move anything. It might exist in academia or PR departments or journalism or facebook pages and t…

Leftist movements tend to consume themselves in escalating purity spirals.

https://unherd.com/2020/01/cast-out-how-knitting-fell-into-a...

Re: How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?

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Post by remontoire » Sat, Sep 04, 2021, 2:19 AM UTC

tazjin wrote: post #14

I recommend anyone who spends a lot of time thinking about this type of thing to take a break for a few months in a country that doesn't indulge it, e.g. Russia.

How about north korea?

Re: How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 04, 2021, 2:19 AM UTC

knownjorbist wrote: post #12

I'm saddened that "intellectual dark web" stuff has purchase here. But then again SV is where it metastasized.

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Re: How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 04, 2021, 2:19 AM UTC

knownjorbist wrote: post #12

I'm saddened that "intellectual dark web" stuff has purchase here. But then again SV is where it metastasized.

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Re: How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?

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Post by tazjin » Sat, Sep 04, 2021, 2:20 AM UTC

remontoire wrote: post #16

tazjin wrote: post #14

I recommend anyone who spends a lot of time thinking about this type of thing to take a break for a few months in a country that doesn't indulge it, e.g. Russia.

How about north korea?

You could do that and would probably learn a lot, but I suspect safety and availability of visas might be a concern.

Re: How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?

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Post by dndbejdificj » Sat, Sep 04, 2021, 2:20 AM UTC

Isnt it just that HR thinks if people believe they are working towards a greater cause, then they will be more willing to take the 3.2% comp adjustments every year?