Why Woke People Don_t Know Anything

A woke activist posts a video about systemic racism. She has never read a book on the topic. She has never spoken to a person of color about their experience. She has never lived in a community where her policies would be tested. She has watched a lot of TikToks. She believes that makes her an expert.In this episode, I examine the epistemic crisis of the woke movement. Woke people are certain about things they have never studied. They are confident about things they have never experienced. They are dogmatic about things they have never questioned. The result is a movement that is loud, confident, and frequently wrong.The episode explores specific examples of woke ignorance. A viral claim about a historical event that is completely fabricated. A protest organized around a statistic that is easily disproven. A political movement built on a definition of a word that the dictionary does not support. Woke people are not stupid. They are incurious. They have been taught that their feelings are facts and that anyone who disagrees is a bigot. The result is a generation of young people who cannot distinguish between truth and propaganda.Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because woke people don't know anything. And they are proud of it.