<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:48:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/wokeism/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[About Wokeism - good or bad!??]]></title><description><![CDATA[🗳️ Wokeism: A Force for Good or a Cultural Flashpoint? — Insights from Joseph Stiglitz In a recent interview in Madrid (June 11, 2025), Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz reflected on the political dynamics]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@newsgeek/about-wokeism-good-or-bad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@newsgeek/about-wokeism-good-or-bad</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[newsgeek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 17:37:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMmpNWUhKaj9X7MH9KkhZeBfBe6Dcs4h8vXnLw6QsWhCkmsBP8JNRjZoS23TeVBh5iLSnqVrYoPcBxDfi7MVvBcAJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Strive to be Someone’s Pet?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone, We live in strange times. One of the strangest and most alarming aspects of our times is the extent and success of brainwashing. This appears to be occurring around the world. We have seen]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-112018/@spectrumecons/do-you-strive-to-be-someones-pet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-112018/@spectrumecons/do-you-strive-to-be-someones-pet</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-112018]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[spectrumecons]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:06:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZL7qp5rFx1dpfXhVFmD1NtuF7YBWUyFxQTt1sJaTWbSHFLH6qjKsd8yEu12A6FBgeUBqnwcc3jrJRZ6uTQVnkSGentQw7cs6iNVp4VpDe9odQojA3AYbxmpz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with identity politics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Respecting an individuals race, sex, gender orientation is one thing, but what has become known as identity politics and ‘wokeism’ is quite another. Not only are these things hollow but they are being]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110786/@saltycat/the-trouble-with-identity-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110786/@saltycat/the-trouble-with-identity-politics</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-110786]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[saltycat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2023 12:50:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rh8Goup1St9ch6Kp37Z6kiwoVcso9i2jVUy52cNesC7s5ZZaSA9B8kK4hJ7ksVH9djsEr8hcAJr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is ‘Wokeism’ to Blame for Silicon Valley Bank’s Demise? No and Yes]]></title><description><![CDATA[No one denies that macroeconomic factors played a central role in the demise of SVB. But don’t discount the impact corporate wokeism had in creating a culture that emphasized DEI initiatives and goals]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@darth-cryptic/is-wokeism-to-blame-for</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@darth-cryptic/is-wokeism-to-blame-for</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darth-cryptic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:07:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5Xg46gnE39wnVYv47EAMFVwAxea8V7RdjqAo7QYotx88vouWhRRQf6AZtXJ9zmJ7kEk1pWvphbFPHf1yTmjENJMh66a2ARt9aQFjKBKL91AJGZwXqdZ1Ci?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stepping into the Arena of Wokeism - I'm Writing a Book!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had a great coaching call with Rob Hardy today and felt inspired to announce that I'm writing a book about wokeism and that I'd like to document the process as I go. I'm about three weeks in and it's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196037/@camuel/d38vc7764ke</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196037/@camuel/d38vc7764ke</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196037]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[camuel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:42:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4qEixipsxSf1NbXf3traZgrR5Suyr779DwCU5m5UiLiWfU9Q1jjP9DvwqfYzyiPUuL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WOKES - When Opinion Kills Every Sensability]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dieser britishe Comedian erklärt dem Auditorium an der Oxford Universität warum Klima-Proteste keine Verbesserung bringen. Ich hoffe, die meisten hier sind des Englischen mächtig genug um das im original]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@beatminister/wokes-when-opinion-kills-every-sensability</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@beatminister/wokes-when-opinion-kills-every-sensability</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beatminister]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2023 20:29:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e5sFRQC2MFfNAFFN6Ld9GQsBDxCQkiDQdr6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norwegian hate speech laws are bonkers.]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, the Norwegian law, that was passed in 2020, which is now being used to threaten two women with three years in prison for alleged "hate speech" actually says that the penalty can be up to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/norway/@flexbooth/norwegian-hate-speech-laws-are-bonkers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/norway/@flexbooth/norwegian-hate-speech-laws-are-bonkers</guid><category><![CDATA[norway]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 23:23:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqcLK2DGjBxLqXVePwNiqVKGvvczUeNLQYHqraZ3m4BmAD7kSJqirhB5xVDWWRWQHAvTgNYC7uA5BYW8Sn4Ag94d1TWbFpGe4Ub7dxSgo1Bk4BMG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saturday listening. A black hole moment.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seven hours. This is how long Lex Fridman had a conversation with Balaji Srinivasan. I have never heard or have knowledge who Srinivasan till I came across a 15 minute snippet of the full conversation,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@akumagai/saturday-listening-a-black-hole-moment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@akumagai/saturday-listening-a-black-hole-moment</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[akumagai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2022 05:37:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eAjg7UX17cQLVHctTPazc5xrHF4xDdQyXEE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right wing revenge fantasy? The Terminal List. I gotta see this.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anything with this style of headline is absolutely awesome and I've got to go check it out apparently they've got beer guns BBQs red meat country music and more guns... Written and produced by a Navy SEAL]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121744/@ganjafarmer/right-wing-revenge-fantasy-the-terminal-list-i-gotta-see-this</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121744/@ganjafarmer/right-wing-revenge-fantasy-the-terminal-list-i-gotta-see-this</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-121744]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ganjafarmer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2022 17:35:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eGgf4BBTemoFxh4MTewCZ25YemaFZkZbcZC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society Needs Religion]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was wrong in my original take on the Jordan Peterson/Sam Harris debate four years ago. At the time I sided with Harris but now realize Peterson was right. I thought it was condescending of Peterson to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@thythinker/society-needs-religion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@thythinker/society-needs-religion</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thythinker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 21:21:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc1692QWn5trsLBYecSp3jKD1kzdmSEYtrXJLgAUdGo5QkfMPnbtcbynrC16LvDYtRGySFyeuqRoPJZ8gw6zAE4KW5cGm4gKGMrPVaoc9FAjYLjw65U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indiscriminately stealing people's labor is totally kosher in the mind of a socialist.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I find the woke rhetoric about the USA being built on the backs of slaves to be partly baffling and partly revealing. Those statements run contrary to most economic scholarship. The idea that the USA became]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/us/@arbitration/indiscriminately-stealing-peoples-labor-is-totally-kosher-in-the-mind-of-a-socialist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/us/@arbitration/indiscriminately-stealing-peoples-labor-is-totally-kosher-in-the-mind-of-a-socialist</guid><category><![CDATA[us]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arbitration]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 23:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdHVBsg9fyvrKGyJb4pestAZYyisrRaJR5tA8g4xeJaFig9SMZjMNcFeEyKWHadmWziME9mJ8ATgrBiSB2ympuZPBwHhobpNzshwn2N9uo6BVjbri3g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Smith supporters are on the woke side.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This has turned into an issue that really has shown people's true colors. So, Will Smith is almost a half foot taller than Chris Rock. The woke people are claiming that Chris Rock was punching down and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/wokeism/@mingus/will-smith-supporters-are-on-the-woke-side</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/wokeism/@mingus/will-smith-supporters-are-on-the-woke-side</guid><category><![CDATA[wokeism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mingus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:58:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCYTHdx4nPCY4pU33qfmTQW7A3EowC6EHrfJXBKJ7Dxnz8jEVR5wX2oFo7wmf6PwNGzGynRhLiBAKXuYhmGqU5hsUMzbiy15g7haU7LXqeZiXan?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no virtue in "not getting it." Still, it kinda fucking sucks when you do get it.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been pretty well observed that the "woke" people take particular pride in saying, "I just don't get it." Every worldview that they find reprehensible is a view that they will virtue]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/wokeism/@flexbooth/theres-no-virtue-in-not-getting-it-still-it-kinda-fucking-sucks-when-you-do-get-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/wokeism/@flexbooth/theres-no-virtue-in-not-getting-it-still-it-kinda-fucking-sucks-when-you-do-get-it</guid><category><![CDATA[wokeism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:55:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Gk2nmMzZsWTf3jiuoZUnHvMTUngcceQAeXvkjx65jjsEGFCoKnzyPaHpTEReiTBMKQ2deQJy5DjohjNw4VyZZguVcvNNo29dqJwwnBzhcubdzLo2n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing more ironic than revising the classic story about revising everything...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even Orwell’s own work, it seems, can be tossed down the memory hole nowadays. Consider how much of a woke, bitter, sadistic O’Brien you must be to make killing Orwell your life’s purpose! Whoever infiltrated]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/orwell/@mingus/nothing-more-ironic-than-revising-the-classic-story-about-revising-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/orwell/@mingus/nothing-more-ironic-than-revising-the-classic-story-about-revising-everything</guid><category><![CDATA[orwell]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mingus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2021 02:23:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCYTHdx4nPCY4q77Sw8DamJRu9fxwCTLXyUeTZsvUgNoeXhr9Bit2S4eca1fZHHkrUC2krbK4Lxu4oqiCi47moApZCebZgkGqRAgGyaTAE68YZ4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is not always true among social movements, but it seems to usually be partly true. Hitler was a reaction to Lenin. But his reaction borrowed from that which it reacted against -- the notion of terror,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/social/@mingus/for-every-action-there-is-an-equal-and-opposite-reaction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/social/@mingus/for-every-action-there-is-an-equal-and-opposite-reaction</guid><category><![CDATA[social]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mingus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2021 03:35:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCYTHdx4nPCY4pUoG3hSvY7MhkKfMtegZgJ7M6hxSCDUV4HAJDvm2t1wEfW93ZFR3htGeyv6QxCHynswvkoh4hCxmW3BsPV9ceZ4ws67aeFKc2r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Chloé Valdary Sell Skeptics on DEI?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Valdary’s Theory of Enchantment elicits unusual openness, trust, and engagement from ideologically diverse observers. Chloé Valdary is the founder of Theory of Enchantment, a diversity and resilience training]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-18888/@chiobu/can-chloe-valdary-sell-skeptics-on-dei</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-18888/@chiobu/can-chloe-valdary-sell-skeptics-on-dei</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-18888]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chiobu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 15:40:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCS8Zs93yXAADGLZW2WskZ5M5qqRJCK1VLNhZGFppcZvNEiov4BLGovzv3WGFnEbKbGUD5jLTnEC8EY7FBXqcagzEju4nMVjzoLmwcYyfSCjyrE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The University of Wisconsin Smears a Once-Treasured Alum]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is it about the University of Wisconsin and race? The administration’s recent decision to move a rock from view because a journalist referred to it with the N-word almost 100 years ago was goofy enough.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-18888/@chiobu/the-university-of-wisconsin-smears-a-once-treasured-alum</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-18888/@chiobu/the-university-of-wisconsin-smears-a-once-treasured-alum</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-18888]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chiobu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2021 17:37:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCS8Zs93yXAADGxRKnCMB2wg1JFoY3mcoXSGmTFCjRPPp5MdUHWYjJZvvK9AuiX3S86bog9V7Uwyb7tz2Bvvyz4xLDJLY768qHaNNMAwPzeowKU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate Crime, Terror, and the Age of Thoughtcrime]]></title><description><![CDATA[We should think long and hard about the sort of society we want to be. I have written about why intent is crucial for forming the predictive models necessary for moral judgements. Making moral evaluations]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-18888/@chiobu/hate-crime-terror-and-the-age-of-thoughtcrime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-18888/@chiobu/hate-crime-terror-and-the-age-of-thoughtcrime</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-18888]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chiobu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:47:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqTvQ4JY8U7Rf8d25LtEwiM5hbNgYvc7ZdNoxxQiWVmJbXfjhiSTRrEjYtNYDLhnVw9ZoHN1vv6i6qCWu1nMP6LtRBguKTJ1offokppiUjeZcUcN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA['Great Awokening' Preceded Trump—and Outlasted Him]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the last five years, poll after poll has found that the GOP base has grown warmer towards Blacks, Hispanics, immigrants and Muslims. They've simultaneously become more skeptical of Christian nationalism]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-18888/@chiobu/great-awokening-preceded-trumpand-outlasted-him</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-18888/@chiobu/great-awokening-preceded-trumpand-outlasted-him</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-18888]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chiobu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:01:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnAPpMXCgvUHM6bs4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conversation on Critical Race Theory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alice: Critical race theory is an outgrowth of critical theory. Critical legal studies was indeed popular in 1970s law schools, but critical theory didn't start there. This is, like, critical theory 101:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-18888/@chiobu/a-conversation-on-critical-race-theory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-18888/@chiobu/a-conversation-on-critical-race-theory</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-18888]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chiobu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2021 00:56:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCS8Zs93yXAADGLXvrAPKpy7c4LzRuX2FHQ9bcJeyas1pYB3ycoup5fHV6hi71GteoDf9aU9eitL5zHCoPPL6yVaotLU9WMCpzsoqsLWnTfoYBx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>