> the wokes will protest no matter what. even if he gives them 500k bonuses

I won't comment on your first sentence. But your second makes it seem like you believe that everyone is motivated primarily by money. A good amount of people just want to make the world a better place.

i said it in the context of layoffs in the parent context. even if there were no layoffs and instead they gave people bonuses there still would be unrest. that was the point i was trying to make. that the unrest has nothing to do with layoffs/money

Nah... if anything, the Trump wing of the Right is far less interested in money than the "traditional" business-first wing. For instance, this whole anti-Disney thing in Florida his hardly about wanting more money. It's just about power.

Not sure you can separate the two. An underlying presumption is that if power/control is acquired, that allocation of the spoils inevitably follows and that everything will fall in line.

I'm not disputing your statement per se, just that I think it's more of a splitting the difference than much else.

I believe it should be "woken" not "wokes".