"Competitive wokeness", like "virtue signaling" and "preference falsification", seems to be something people on the right say in order to pretend that people on the left don't really believe what they claim to believe.https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1050424810591936512 …
-
-
the people i met skewed really young and spent most of their time online. i think some of it is that identity-building and identity-seeking that young people naturally need, but in a very public way that seems kind of punishing.
-
And it didn't seem more like the team-joining/team-building exercise I described?
-
some of it was definitely that, but there was also occasionally what felt to me like power-jockeying as to whose take was the 'most valid' or something. like people implying other peoples takes were wrong because they weren't marginalized "enough".
-
Interesting. Yeah, power-jockeying within groups is a real thing too...
-
yeah, and most of the time that takes place in ways that we know how to easily categorize, right? like, two dudes yelling at each other louder, or the PTA parents who compete on who brings better treats, or the whole 'keeping up with the joneses' thing
-
i guess with the internet being a ~great equalizing force~, the things people power-struggle on are different and probably not as easily identifiable. need to see more examples for better pattern recognition
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.