All this woke shit has been creeping up for well over a decade. I first noticed it in ~2010 or so when I was in college and my weeb girl friends would show me Tumblr and I'd watch all those insane SJW/feminist videos. In 2012 Anita Sarkeesian came out of the woodwork and make her shitty feminist videos. In 2014 it kicked off hard with gamergate. Then in 2016 the meme lord Trump getting elected made everyone go insane.
Most normal people, at least those that I encounter, really seem to not like this shit. This is seems pretty clearly evidenced by the phenomenon of "get woke go broke" and very anti-woke shit like the new Chappelle special getting 95% positive user ratings whilst the "professional critics" hate it.
The problem is that, ironically, those who complain about "institutional power" actually have a lot of it. Twitter and Reddit admins are very much on the "woke" side of the culture war. As are many large gaming and other media companies. They can twist narratives, selectively enforce rules, and censor information they don't like.
The online world isn't much of a good representation of the real one, those with the strongest and most extreme opinions are the loudest. Most people don't care about most things outside of their bubble.
It wasn't just the election.
All this woke shit has been creeping up for well over a decade. I first noticed it in ~2010 or so when I was in college and my weeb girl friends would show me Tumblr and I'd watch all those insane SJW/feminist videos. In 2012 Anita Sarkeesian came out of the woodwork and make her shitty feminist videos. In 2014 it kicked off hard with gamergate. Then in 2016 the meme lord Trump getting elected made everyone go insane.
Most normal people, at least those that I encounter, really seem to not like this shit. This is seems pretty clearly evidenced by the phenomenon of "get woke go broke" and very anti-woke shit like the new Chappelle special getting 95% positive user ratings whilst the "professional critics" hate it.
The problem is that, ironically, those who complain about "institutional power" actually have a lot of it. Twitter and Reddit admins are very much on the "woke" side of the culture war. As are many large gaming and other media companies. They can twist narratives, selectively enforce rules, and censor information they don't like.
The online world isn't much of a good representation of the real one, those with the strongest and most extreme opinions are the loudest. Most people don't care about most things outside of their bubble.