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Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ American Greatness<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are lots of reasons why wokeism spread like wildfire once America lost its collective mind during the pandemic, quarantine, self-induced recession, and rioting of 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wokeism was never really about racism, sexism, or other -isms. Instead, for some, it illustrated a psychological pathology of projection: fobbing one\u2019s own concrete prejudices onto others in order to alleviate or mask them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So should we laugh or cry that Black Lives Matter\u2019s self-described Marxist co-founder turns out to be a corporate grifter? Patrisse Cullors has accumulated several upscale homes and is under investigation by the IRS for allegations of the misuse of funds from one of her foundations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ American Greatness There are lots of reasons why wokeism spread like wildfire once America lost its collective mind during the pandemic, quarantine, self-induced recession, and rioting of 2020.  Wokeism was never really about racism, sexism, or other -isms. 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