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>>crbela+(OP)
I would have to refute the notion that wokeness is a mind virus. "Stay Woke" has a much deeper origin in African American culture, and it refers to the fact that one needs to stay vigilant about another's intentions.

The implicit message is that the "us" cannot trust the "they", and writers like Paul Graham show the reason why: Any attempt at social change can easily be labeled a virus by capitalists if it does not produce greater prosperity. It's the same prosperity that has poisoned the earth, so I hope they have answers there too.

>>jdonal+Jq1
>"Stay Woke" has a much deeper origin in African American culture, and it refers to the fact that one needs to stay vigilant about another's intentions.

Yes, this origin is correct as I remember it. I first heard the term publicly from Larry on his show a decade or so ago, mainly referring to police interactions. He presented it well using comedy, unlike the rabid versions of today. He presented it too well as today, it seems this movement has since taken over by (mostly) white college people to service their own selfish ends; that's the mind virus part.

This clip pretty much encapsulates this idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAbTOcVJgM8

>>Clubbe+PD1
It's true, but one has to ask "who made woke-ism into a mind virus?". I think alt-right media say that BLM/Liberals have, but in reality it went viral when it became a favored perjorative and performative act by the alt right, a sort of gradual straw man argument that became true by its own belief. That's the textbook definition of a virus if I've ever seen one.

>>jdonal+gI1
And it spread like no other.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%...