"Woke" is the self-chosen moniker of the progressive. It is a stand in for "enlightened" and was co-opted from Black Twitter where it was used commonly after pointing out some kind of societal ill that affected blacks and they'd end their usually racist and paranoid screed with "stay woke!" as a battle-cry to their equally racist and paranoid followers. The call was to "keep noticing these things and be angry."
This fit perfectly with the wider Leftist push to force Marxism through Critical Theory, and they started using "stay woke" in their own racist screeds (though they weren't paranoid, they were actively fomenting revolution with their own fist-raised call to arms).
Due to over-use, its usage bled out until its meaning became completely generic. "Woke" now just means "Democrat," though the connotation tends to be the most aggressively insane and unreasonable positions of Democrats which by any other label would be Sovietism.
"Woke" became more widely used as criticism shortly after self-described wokesters started gaining prominence in academia, politics, and popular culture. Just like the term Social Justice Warrior before it, they abandoned their self-chosen label as soon as it became widely known. This is because they subscribe to Alinsky's Rules for Radicals and refuse accurate terminology that can allow their enemy to focus on them and their actions.
Modern "Woke" equivalent terms for its current common usage: Radical, Leftist, Marxist, Communist, Racist.
What the "Woke" originally would have chosen for themselves: Progressive, Revolutionary, Enlightened.
Really, its all the same, and hasn't moved much from its original use, except the Black Twitter guys were usually pointing out failed policies in places like NYC that were wrecking their future, meaning at its core, it was more often than not anti-Democrat ranting. Somewhat ironic.
"Woke" is the self-chosen moniker of the progressive. It is a stand in for "enlightened" and was co-opted from Black Twitter where it was used commonly after pointing out some kind of societal ill that affected blacks and they'd end their usually racist and paranoid screed with "stay woke!" as a battle-cry to their equally racist and paranoid followers. The call was to "keep noticing these things and be angry."
This fit perfectly with the wider Leftist push to force Marxism through Critical Theory, and they started using "stay woke" in their own racist screeds (though they weren't paranoid, they were actively fomenting revolution with their own fist-raised call to arms).
Due to over-use, its usage bled out until its meaning became completely generic. "Woke" now just means "Democrat," though the connotation tends to be the most aggressively insane and unreasonable positions of Democrats which by any other label would be Sovietism.
"Woke" became more widely used as criticism shortly after self-described wokesters started gaining prominence in academia, politics, and popular culture. Just like the term Social Justice Warrior before it, they abandoned their self-chosen label as soon as it became widely known. This is because they subscribe to Alinsky's Rules for Radicals and refuse accurate terminology that can allow their enemy to focus on them and their actions.
Modern "Woke" equivalent terms for its current common usage: Radical, Leftist, Marxist, Communist, Racist.
What the "Woke" originally would have chosen for themselves: Progressive, Revolutionary, Enlightened.
Really, its all the same, and hasn't moved much from its original use, except the Black Twitter guys were usually pointing out failed policies in places like NYC that were wrecking their future, meaning at its core, it was more often than not anti-Democrat ranting. Somewhat ironic.