CMV: The poorer and/or less educated you are, the easier it is to reject the “woke” ideology that is coming from academia and the wealthy, and to see through the lie of the “elitist vs populist” paradigm, which is nothing but another tool of social control

The “woke” ideology is a perfect example of something that is coming from the top down. It’s a social control mechanism that was conceived of in the universities (which are mostly frequented by the wealthy) and is largely being propounded by wealthy celebrities and other people with a lot of social status. The people least invested in this ideology are the poor, particularly the working class. This is the case because working-class people, particularly the poor, have better things to do with their time than sit around sipping iced lattes and talking about intersectionality theory.<br><br>The reality is that “elitism vs populism” is a paradigm that was created by, and is fueled by, the elite. Populism only exists because of the elite. It’s only in the last 30 years that the level of venomous and vitriolic animosity against poor people from wealthy people has reached fever pitch. It was the wealthy who created the culture wars through Reaganism and Thatcherism; Trump and Orban are only the culmination of that effort to dehumanize the poor and convince people that the government should not have a hand in protecting them. This is why the wealthy cling to the “elitist vs populist” paradigm so desperately - because the only alternative is the “class war” paradigm, which is something that they absolutely do not want you to think about.<br><br>In the US, it’s clear that Trumpism is largely the domain of the poor and the less educated, largely because they are the ones most concerned with survival, and thus they don’t have time to worry about the academic mumbo jumbo of intersectionality and queer theory. The wealthy, particularly those with Ivy League educations, on the other hand, are largely in favor of the Democratic Party and its draped-down, watered-down neoliberalism. There couldn’t be a more stark example of the fact that “populism” is a construct of the wealthy elite, and that class struggle is the first and most important consideration.<br><br>I know that I am correct in this analysis, because the most unifying critique of my argument is that I am too simplistic and reductionist in the way that I make things out to be about class; I am too quick to categorize people as wealthy or poor. Comments like this make me smile, because they are evidence that I have landed a blow. They are evidence that I have struck a nerve and hit at the very heart of a power structure. It’s clear to me that what I am saying is true - the wealthy use ideology as a tool of social control, and the main thing that they want to control is our consciousness of the class struggle.<br><br>It’s easy to make fun of Trumpists and value their opinions as nothing, but in many ways I think that the poor have a much clearer view of the world than the wealthy do. The wealthy, ensconced as they are in their ivory towers, insulated from criticism by their wealth and privilege, are incapable of seeing just how out of touch they are. It’s tempting to say that the wealthy are stupid for not being able to see this, but the reality is that they are well aware of how out of touch they are, and they are terrified of it. They are terrified because they know that, no matter how hard they try to control the narrative, there is still an undercurrent of class consciousness that runs through society that they cannot entirely eliminate. There is still a consciousness among the people of the power dynamic at play, and it can be tapped into at any time. The wealthy know that if we ever wake up and realize the extent to which we are being manipulated, then the game will be over for them. This is why they spend so much time trying to convince us, and themselves, that class struggle is a myth, and that populism will save us from the clutches of elitism.<br><br>This is why I believe that the poorer and less educated you are, the easier it is to see through this bullshit. I believe that the poorer you are, the more obvious it is that class struggle is the most important thing. I believe that the less educated you are, the easier it is to recognize the lies that the wealthy are spewing, and to see that “populism” is nothing but another tool of social control being wielded by the elite. I’ve lived in some of the poorest cities in Europe and I’ve seen firsthand the groupthink and the echo chambers that the wealthy construct for themselves, and I know that the less money and social status you have, the less you have to lose. I know that the less you have, the more obvious it is that the “woke” ideology is nothing but a tool being used by the wealthy to convince us that we should accept the status quo.<br><br>If you can change my view, I’ll post it here so you can read it and laugh at how stupid I am.#####