Woke Moral Guide
Wokeism is a Child of Postmodernism and Marxism with a Little Sprinkle of Liberalism
What are Woke Morals Based Upon?
Now, many conservatives including myself are tempted to say that the Woke have no morals at all, but that would not be exactly true though. Moreover, many Woketards actually believe themselves to be 'highly moral and virtuous, holier-than-though paragons. Surely, this attitude should be based upon at least something?
Now, I do believe that moral values in truth are universal and intrinsic to human nature but, ironically, in order to connect to our innate moral values we often need external value systems (religion, ideology, culture, etc.) as a moral guide. For Christians the Bible is an ultimate moral guide, for liberals (I do mean classic liberals now, not how DemoNratic voters call themselves) it’s secular, rational, naturally liberal values of Enlightenment, for the classic Left (not Woke again) it’s Marxist ideology. But what is the moral base for the Woke? This question is much trickier than it seems.
Nominally, Wokeism is a malformed child of classic liberalism and Leftism, but factually it has nothing in common with both of its parents. That is, classic Left put the working class in the center of their ideology while Woketards denigrate working class as ‘racist, sexist, transphobic, Islamophobic, bigoted’, etc., and lick boots of billionaire elite instead. Liberalism values personal freedom above all while Wokeism with its cancel culture is as illiberal and as totalitarian as it could get. But if Woke moral guide is neither liberal nor Marxist then WHAT is it?
Well, first of all, even if the Woke significantly departed from both liberalism and Marxism, they still took something from both of their parents. Thus, Woke ideological framework is still essentially Marxist, only the Woke replaced ‘working class’ with gender and race. From liberalism the Woke took the idea of minority groups rights protection most of all.
However, there is something in Woke morals which was absent in BOTH liberalism and Marxism. This something is moral relativism and emotional thinking, prevalence of subjective over objective and of feelings over rationality. I argue that this disturbing feature which comes actually from a third, postmodernist influence over the Woke, is the dominant influence which tramples BOTH liberalism and Marxism.
Indeed, both liberalism and Marxism were pretty rational and certainly valued objective reality over subjective one, facts over feelings and rational thought over emotion. Marxists were essentially materialistic, liberals were very rational and strictly factual. Not so the Woke.
For the Woke, subjective feelings of certain groups are FAR MORE important than any facts and even objective reality itself (that is, if tranny is ’offended’, it tramples all biology and even reality itself more than completely for the Woke). Similarly, EMOTION is far more important for the Woke than ANY rational thought (that’s why rational arguments don’t work on the Woke if they are outraged).
But, some people may ask, if the Woke are so subjective and moral relativists, how come they’re so confident in their view and believe their morals to be absolutely superior to everyone else’s? The fact is moral relativism played a cruel joke on the Woke. How exactly? Let’s break it down now.
Yeah, the Woke deny objective truth as non-existent. However, they still need to rely on something as a basis for their ideology. In the absence of objective truth, this role was delegated to subjective feelings of the MOST VULNERABLE groups in Woke ideology (e.g., Blacks, Muslims, fatties and trannies). In other words, subjective feelings of an offended trannie or fattie is the most important thing in Woke ideology, their moral basis, their ultimate Gospel. Those feelings trample everything else for the Woke.
Also, since not EVERY subjective feeling is equal to the Woke, and ONLY feelings of trannies and fatties matter, it allows Wokies to escape their moral relativism and to regain confidence and even arrogance in their views. Indeed, what made classic postmodernist moral relativists humble is realization that everyone has their own subjective truths, all of them are equal, hence, there’s no absolute truth, no one’s truth is superior, we all are equal and should stay humble and respect each other.
Woketards, however, by claiming that feelings of SOME, ‘MORE OPPRESSED’, groups matter MORE than of others, hijacked that and established superiority of their view based on ‘superior’ feelings of ‘more oppressed’ groups. Hence, Woketards aren’t as humble as classic postmodernists but pretty confident and even arrogant in their views.
Now, after I broke down the fundamentals of the Woke morals, their behavior became a little bit clearer? Since subjective feelings of offended trannies and fatties are paramount for the Woke, and matter MORE than feelings of any other group as well, they trample BOTH facts and objective reality, AND human rights of ALL THE other groups (women, kids, gays, etc.)
It’s very important to realize. Subjective feelings and emotion in general are Woke moral basis, it comes from postmodernism. But feelings of SOME groups matter MORE than of other groups - it comes from collectivist Marxism. Minority groups feelings matter MORE than majority feelings - that’s from liberalism. OPPRESSED minority group feelings matter MORE than ‘non oppressed’ minority groups - that’s Marxism again. And here you go, I had just laid all Woke morals bare before you.
So, ‘Woke moral guide’ is a very toxic and dangerous combo of Marxism and postmodernism with a little sprinkle of liberalism. Postmodernist part here is the most dangerous because it allows irrationality, up to downright lunacy, seep into Marxist ideological framework and liberal minority advocacy. But when subjective irrational feelings are basis of originally rational ideology, it creates total chaos. Which exactly we observe in a clown Woke world.
Again, emotion should NEVER be valued over rational thought, and subjective feelings - over objective facts. ANY ideology which does that is an existential threat to all humankind.
Interesting that you should write about Wokeism as the CHILD of Postmodernism and Marxism - because their basic attitude/belief of "feelings trump reality" is essentially the attitude of an immature child. They cry at the slightest discomfort, they want instant gratification, and they throw violent tantrums when they don't get their way.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
This article makes sense of the apparent madness … thank you 🙏