AOC only admits 'Woke 1' was crazy because it stopped working
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TL;DR
- Leftist figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are now calling the "woke" movement of 2020 "crazy."
- The author views these admissions as strategic positioning rather than a genuine apology.
- The "Great Awokening" is described as having caused human suffering and nearly led to regime change in America.
- People involved in the "sex-change industrial complex" and those who took foreign money to overthrow the American system should face legal consequences.
- Individuals appointed during the "woke hysteria" are still in power and damaging institutions like the Smithsonian.
- Media outlets like NPR are criticized for framing the 2020 events as a "racial reckoning" instead of reporting on the stated Marxist intentions of groups like Black Lives Matter.
- The author warns that "Woke 2.0" is already being defined, substituting new groups for those previously championed.
- The need to "dewokify" culture is emphasized, a process that is already reportedly occurring.
- Democratic Representative Sarah McBride noted that "shaming and blaming" tactics were counterproductive and alienated people.