This inspiring plan explains truth as the existential crisis of our time. It gives the hope of ending woke social chaos, recovering freedom of speech and the objective truth of Christianity, sexual identity, climate change, diversity politics and finding a democratic compromise with minorities.
The cover picture of the January 6 riot in the US says it all. As Nietzsche warned and history has shown; when we lose our respect for divine truth; social order; breaks down and there will be mass violence followed by totalitarian rule. The good news is that the silent majority is tired of woke totalitarianism. The silent majority in the U.S. has revolted against Democratic Party wokeism and re-elected Donald Trump. New Christian churches are springing up that are teaching the objective spiritual truths of the Bible and thriving. A huge majority of voters in Ireland defeated their governing parties proposed woke agenda. Electric vehicles are piling up unsold in storage. Since 2023, 81 anti-D.E.I. bills that target programs at U.S. colleges have been introduced in 28 states. and in Congress. [i]
But this is just the beginning of the revolt of the silent majority against woke totalitarianism. Recovering truth, freedom, and democracy will depend on the silent majority understanding how we got into this mess and having the hope of this practical way forward to get out of the mess.
This researched guide explains:
· How dangerous and destructive wokeism is,
· What objective truth is -- what has been seen to be true in all places and times and cannot be disproven – the opposite of false woke replacement truths
· How we lost objective truth, including the 7 objective spiritual truths of the Bible all thriving democracies depend on,
· How to recover objective truth and freedom, and
· How to recover a democratic compromise between the needs and rule of the majority, and the needs of the minorities.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines woke as
“Progressive or left-wing attitudes or practices, esp. those opposing social injustice or discrimination, that are viewed as doctrinaire, self-righteous, pernicious, or insincere. Hence: such attitudes or practices are seen as constituting a collective social movement or agenda.” (Downloaded Sept. 16, 2024)
Woke began as a call to African Americans in the United States to become more alert to “racial prejudice and discrimination”.[ii] An early example in the United States was the paramilitary youth organization the Wide Awakes. They which formed in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1860 to support Abraham Lincoln the Republican candidate in the 1860 presidential election. Local chapters of the group spread rapidly across northern cities and "triggered massive popular enthusiasm" around the election. The political militancy of the group alarmed many southerners, who saw in the Wide Awakes confirmation of their fears of northern, Republican political aggression. The support among the Wide Awakes for abolition, as well as the participation of a number of black men in a Wide Awakes parade in Massachusetts, likely contributed to such anxiety.”[iii] [iv]
“Beginning in the 2010s, woke came to be used as slang for a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBTQ rights. Woke has also been used as shorthand for some ideas of the American Left involving identity politics and social justice, such as white privilege and reparations for slavery in the United States”.[v] [vi] [vii] [viii]
Wokeism is a mental stronghold. This is explained in psychology as a self-deception. The human brain automatically filters out information that it considers irrelevant to protect the mind from being overwhelmed with input from all the senses. It also filters out information that is stressful, so a person both knows and does not know, because the information does not come into the conscious mind. This is why you cannot argue with an alcoholic or terrorist. I explain mental strongholds from a spiritual perspective in Going Spiritual: Discovering, Developing and a Spiritual Life. They are caused by natural psychological self-deception and Satanic deception working together to build a mental stronghold, like alcoholism, that is difficult to overcome.
Wokeism is a failure to take responsibility for a failed lifestyle or culture and adapt to the truths and values of Judeo-Christian culture. Life is competitive. The most fit succeed. Those who fear God are obligated to self-sacrificial love of neighbour and care for those who are less fit. Giving away 10% of your income is a test of love. The truth of history is that cultures with Judeo-Christian faith, truth and values have been the most successful. Wokeism attracts those who are trying to get ahead, without adopting the spiritual truths and values needed to thrive.
Wokeism is a child of Postmodern philosophy that is defined as
“of, relating to, or being a theory that involves a radical reappraisal of modern assumptions about culture, identity, history, or language”[ix]
Postmodernism rejects concepts of rationality, objectivity and universal truth. Instead, it emphasizes the diversity of human experience and multiplicity of perspectives.”[x] Richard Wolin summarizes the conclusion of French philosopher Jean- Francois Lyotard’s pioneering work on postmodernism as “(there is no universal “truth” or “reason)””[xi].
Postmodernism is an irrational, atheist way of thinking that is based on minority opinion without any over-arching sense of order. In simple language it seems to be the chaos of liberalism gone mad in its rejection of historical experience, reason and divine authority and order.
This has birthed the (to many) complete nonsense of “intersectionality”, a new word invented by critical race theory lecturer Kimberie Crenshaw. Intersectionality is the
“…study of how overlapping or intersecting social identities, particularly minority identities, relate to systems and structures of oppression, domination, or discrimination.”[xii] [xiii]
