Traces 'woke' to its origins in the civil rights movement as a survival warning in Black communities. The GOP has weaponized the term as a distraction from real issues like wealth inequality and policy failures.
Opposition to 'wokeness' is fundamentally about resisting informed, empathetic citizens who challenge unjust systems. The culture war is not an accident — it's a strategy for keeping people angry at each other while the real decisions are made elsewhere.