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The Systemic Con Behind Wokeism

By Victor Davis Hanson
Thursday, June 24 2021

There are lots of reasons why wokeism spread like wildfire once America lost its collective mind during the pandemic, quarantine, self-induced recession and rioting of 2020. Wokeism was never really about racism, sexism or other isms. For some, it illustrated a psychological pathology of projection: transferring one's own prejudices onto others in order to alleviate or mask them. So should we laugh or cry that Black Lives Matter's self-described Marxist co-founder might be a corporate grifter? According to a New York Post report, Patrisse Khan-Cullors has accumulated several upscale homes, and…

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