Define “woke”

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you can talk about if you're the wokest or woker, but just stay more woke than less woke

Dividing people up into groups by skin colour and sexuality and treating them all differently

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“Woke” is often used pejoratively to describe those with differing views, particularly regarding “social justice”.

It’s also often used to virtue signal to others of a similar mindset their alignment with the shared ideology, or when used pejoratively aims to provoke a negative reaction from others.

Seeing all problems (real and perceived) in the world primarily as a result of social injustice.

I was up all the last two nights with a newborn, so whatever it is, I'm not it and I don't think this tea is helping.

Being aware of the way systemic issues shape power and people. To be awake (woke) to the fact that these systems have unjustly treated people in the past and how they continue to shape all of us going forward. As much as we might like to have everyone treated equally, it is not the case and we need to be aware of it. Once we’re aware of this injustice we should work in some way to change the systems of our society and economy.

Many people who would like the current systems to continue unaltered despite past, current, and future societal failings consider themselves anti woke because they don’t want any process of change to improve things if it benefits anyone but themselves.

You're not wrong but I think you missed the nuance of the political zeitgeist.

Double speak. Orwellian times

Helpful. Thank you.

what about being awaken to the fact that the governments are unfair, unreasonable, inefficient, harmful, and that most of their action have bad consequences and all of that is funded by aggression against the people?