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Oct 2023
7m 3s

Does Woke Count As A Religion?

Richard Dawkins
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We live in a world that is bordering on Orwellian, where a baying mob of zealots intimidates us against speaking the truth, where culture wars feature censorship and heresy hunting.

Professor Jordan Peterson posed a question to me: Does woke count as a religion?

The answer is yes, and here’s why.

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