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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by pseudalopex on Monday September 06, 2021 @04:32PM (#28437749)
Meritocracy was coined to satirize the concept.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy

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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by Siira on Monday September 06, 2021 @05:51PM (#28438503)
The origins of a word don’t quite determine the physical reality of the ideas around it.
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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by pseudalopex on Monday September 06, 2021 @06:39PM (#28438910)
Physical reality? What physical instrument measures merit?

The origin of the word shows criticism of the concept isn't just "Orwellian duckspeak".

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