Three Propositions On "Wokeness"
Wokeness is a spiritual problem. It deserves a spiritual answer.
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I don’t love writing about “woke”-related issues, in part because I don’t really respect woke ideas or think they’re coherent enough to merit careful attention. Right-wing politics might be noxious, xenophobic, and otherwise dark, but at least I know where it comes from and what the theory of the case is. Wokeness on the other hand is best understood no…
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