The convergence of replaceability without risking safety and social roles of high status is happening everywhere around us and it is unleashing an obsession with low-stakes representation lever grabbing to address past injustices. But it is also arming a trigger happy public just waiting to yank you from your seat if you so much as whisper the wrong sentence.
Read MoreI want to be careful with the primary analogy of this essay to not cast Wokeness as “just a bunch of 6 year olds throwing temper tantrums”. The injustices they are reacting to are obviously much more real and complex than Anthony’s weird aversion to air conditioning and barking dogs. Thus far, I have been focused on the powerful dynamic of Cancel Culture and the resulting pseudo-hostage situation in Peaksville that mirrors our current politics.
Read MoreNone of us are immune to what I am about to speculate about other people. And none of us are clean. The failures of the figures in ashes of the IDW are important because they are relatable.
If we want the effort to be about truth-seeking, the truths of our weaknesses and psychological blind spots are probably the most important truths to examine collectively.
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