Chapter
The Ideological Foundation of Wokeness
2:16:05 - 2:22:50 (06:44)
The speaker explains the ideological foundation of wokeness, which is fundamentally anti-liberal and based on a Marxist framework with a new American social justice skin.
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The system oppresses the lower people while convincing them everything is fair, leading to false consciousness in which they vote against their own interests, preserving the system that oppresses them.
2:16:05 - 2:18:51 (02:46)
Summary
The system oppresses the lower people while convincing them everything is fair, leading to false consciousness in which they vote against their own interests, preserving the system that oppresses them.
ChapterThe Ideological Foundation of Wokeness
Episode#360 – Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The term "social justice fundamentalism" describes how Marxist ideology has blended with American social justice ideology to create a new framework that emphasizes social justice disagreements such as race and gender.
2:18:51 - 2:20:43 (01:51)
Summary
The term "social justice fundamentalism" describes how Marxist ideology has blended with American social justice ideology to create a new framework that emphasizes social justice disagreements such as race and gender.
ChapterThe Ideological Foundation of Wokeness
Episode#360 – Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The zero-sum struggle between the ruling and working class in the social justice ideology is violating the tradition of liberal social justice in numerous ways and also being anti-science, which is against the Marxist tradition.
2:20:43 - 2:22:50 (02:06)
Summary
The zero-sum struggle between the ruling and working class in the social justice ideology is violating the tradition of liberal social justice in numerous ways and also being anti-science, which is against the Marxist tradition. The author believes that social justice fundamentalism's problem isn't the ideology itself.