The first is that “Woke 1” inexorably suggests Woke 2 is on the way or already here. As with software, later versions of woke will be more sophisticated, but unlike software updates, the advances of woke will not be improvements.Woke 1 promoted violence rebranded as speech while suppressing non-approved speech as violence, ruined lives and businesses with “cancelation,” rewrote history, and, among much more, assaulted our understanding of what it means to be male or female. None of these has been disavowed, and they will all be in Woke 2 with new features if Republicans lose the White House in 2028.
New features advocated by AOC and platoons of socialists who’ve just won election and will enter Congress next year include destroying the Constitution, Senate, presidency, Supreme Court, police, immigration controls, and much else. These are in the official manifesto of the Democratic Socialists of America, of which AOC is a member in good standing. They seem pretty crazy. The idea of Woke 2 heading our way is not reassuring.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., departs a briefing on military strikes near Venezuela, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
