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There two kinds of woke -- those who are ideologically possessed, and those who want power for its own sake. James Lindsay says the former are the true danger, because they are fundamentally disconnected from reality -- they truly believe they can bring about Heaven On Earth by destroying the current system. I think both are terribly dangerous, because the latter are the ones who *enjoy* stamping human faces with boots. They are the fascists, quite often former capitalists who don't want the inherent chaos of capitalism to topple their empires.

I strongly suggest reading Guy Debord. Yes, he's a 60s Marxist, but he was right about how the powerful can incorporate their critics into their systems. The fascists are enabling the communists to create the totalitarian state that the fascists can subsequently take over. Hence, "communo-fascism."

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