‘Painful Woke Psychodrama’ is Destroying the ‘Decadent’ West, Warns Tory Party Chairman.
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The “painful woke psychodrama” that seeks “decadent” aims such as “decolonising math” is serving to undermine the West in its struggle against authoritarian countries such as Communist China and Russia, the UK Conservative Party chairman has claimed.
In a speech delivered to the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank on Monday, Oliver Dowden MP, who now chairs the Tory Party after serving as the government’s culture secretary, warned that woke ideology is threatening the foundations of Western civilisation at a time of international strife.
Warning that wokism has spread “everywhere”, Dowden said per The Guardian: “It goes by many names. In Britain, its adherents sometimes describe themselves as ‘social justice warriors’. They claim to be ‘woke’, awakened to the so-called truths of our societies. But wherever they are found, they pursue a common policy inimical to freedom.”
“The US and the UK may certainly be very different societies. But we are joined by the same fundamental values. Neither of us can afford the luxury of indulging in this painful woke psychodrama … Too many people have already fallen for the dismal argument that standing up for freedom is reactionary or that somehow it’s kind or virtuous to submit to these self-righteous dogmas. Well, it plainly is not.” Breitbart.
