"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 …
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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
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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
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It can definitely become the "holier than thou" of whatever the movement is, regardless of ideology. Some will, because of their own emotional needs, need to be seen as more pure or even just 'pure enough" to be welcome and validated.
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