Woke Isn’t Progressive. It Isn’t Even Liberal. Let’s get something straight: Woke ideology is not about freedom. It’s not progressive. It’s not liberal. It’s a radical political project – dressed up in hashtags and rainbow flags – but built on control, coercion, and contradiction. Liberalism was built on individual rights, free speech, and the power of markets to lift people out of poverty. But woke ideology throws all of that away. •It limits speech, labeling dissent as “violence” •It centralizes authority – demanding top-down control over language, hiring, curriculum, and even thought •It demonizes capitalism, replacing opportunity with envy and guilt •And more and more, it openly flirts with communism – the most anti-freedom system ever devised And it gets worse. This same ideology that claims to fight for LGBT rights and women’s freedom? It proudly aligns with jihadist movements like Hamas – groups that literally stone women, beat them for dress code violations, and hang gay men in public. The hypocrisy is staggering. Western activists who claim to be anti-oppression are romanticizing the most oppressive ideologies on earth. This isn’t just naïve – it’s strategic. Because woke isn’t about justice. It’s about power. And it’s no accident that the term “politically correct” originated in the Soviet Union – where it meant not what was true, but what was ideologically safe. We’re back there now. Speak the truth? Get canceled. Disagree publicly? Lose your job. Stay silent? Maybe you survive. The radicals have hijacked liberal spaces – and filled them with fear, slogans, and purity tests. They don’t want equality. They want compliance. And they’re happy to ally with theocrats and totalitarians to get it. This isn’t progress. It’s just authoritarianism – with better branding..

Posted by Fred Bassett