The Woke are Feeding on Themselves

s with the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the radicalism of the woke movement will end up destroying itself. In yesterday’s post, I half-jokingly suggested that maybe the movement is being funded by a right wing billionaire. Today, I encountered a long article at The Intercept by Ryan Grim that makes a similar point:

Another leader [of progressive organizations] said the strife has become so destructive that it feels like an op. “I’m not saying it’s a right-wing plot, because we are incredibly good at doing ourselves in, but — if you tried — you couldn’t conceive of a better right-wing plot to paralyze progressive leaders by catalyzing the existing culture where internal turmoil and microcampaigns are mistaken for strategic advancement of social impact for the millions of people depending on these organizations to stave off the crushing injustices coming our way,” said another longtime organization head. “Progressive leaders cannot do anything but fight inside the orgs, thereby rendering the orgs completely toothless for the external battles in play. … Everyone is scared, and fear creates the inaction that the right wing needs to succeed in cementing a deeply unpopular agenda.”

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