If we combine this with the idea above that contemporary wokeness in many ways stand directly opposed to the ideals of early postmodernism — and much of what e.g. Foucault said about the production of what was considered “truth” and “knowledge” in his society applies very well to the woke-industrial complex of today — we can say with a not-quite-straight face that the problem with wokeism (or Critical Social Justice) lies in it being insufficiently postmodernist and too reliant on reason.
This was the intent, I think; people engaged in modernistic state violence who won’t listen to carefully reasoned heterodox perspectives are now scared enough to consciously notice there’s some lawless violence going on, and getting worse at their jobs.
Too bad a bunch of good stuff is being interfered with too, but that’s how total war works. In the short run we’re less likely to have a Holocaust but maybe more likely to have famines, plagues, wildfires...
One amusing part:
This was the intent, I think; people engaged in modernistic state violence who won’t listen to carefully reasoned heterodox perspectives are now scared enough to consciously notice there’s some lawless violence going on, and getting worse at their jobs.
Too bad a bunch of good stuff is being interfered with too, but that’s how total war works. In the short run we’re less likely to have a Holocaust but maybe more likely to have famines, plagues, wildfires...