It's a label for a big space of ideas but core to it is a universalism that arises from absurd ideas about "human nature" "All men are endowed by their creator" type nonsense - works well when you're dealing with people of a single ethnicity who are endowed with a similar nature
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @mmeJen and
Different peoples thrive in different societies and society should be set up so people thrive - not so that liberals can feel good about their pious devotion to an idea. This tension drives the rise of woke-ism. The woke are right - trad American society "privileges whiteness"
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @doukhobour and
Isn’t another way to say this that our society privileges those that believe and share the same ideals?
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Replying to @mmeJen @doukhobour and
There are lots of ways to say it but the woke phrasing isn't wrong and it resonates so it sticks. Our society does (or did) privilege whiteness and white expectations of behavior around order and cooperation.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @doukhobour and
What’s the empirical basis for this claim?
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Replying to @mmeJen @doukhobour and
Listen to the woke, they'll tell you. Simple example emblematic example. "Being / delivering on time" - people value this and understand that other people value it and think less of a person when they hear that he can't. Empirical evidence for the difference abounds.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @doukhobour and
But I know plenty of people that aren’t European who also share these values. Unless I am misunderstanding, you are saying this is genetic and not cultural.
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Replying to @mmeJen @doukhobour and
Yes, it's genetic and it "privileges whiteness [and Asian-ness but ignoring that]" because the trait is on a distribution that leaves whites mostly within the acceptable bounds and many non-whites outside the acceptable bounds. The acceptable bounds fit the people.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @doukhobour and
So back to the question: What evidence are you using to back the claim that this is genetic and not cultural? My observations are not enough to determine that. All my observations do is help me identify patterns, not the causes in this case.
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Replying to @mmeJen @doukhobour and
There's an entire field documenting differences in behavior and the genetic contribution to behavior. That debate is old and settled as progressives went with the "shut up" rebuttal in response. Human groups are genetically distinct, societies are selective genetic filters.pic.twitter.com/ku96VIPqrk
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If you're not at the point where you can accept the reality of about human differences there's no productive discussion to be had Physical differences are observable and are absolute proof of differential selective pressure. Selective pressure operates on behavior, toopic.twitter.com/bwULyyPJlq
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