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Reading about FOSS philosophy, degoogling, becoming against corporations, and now a full-blown woke communist (like Linus Torvalds)

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[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz -1 points 1 year ago

In my mind, "woke" has two meanings that apply to this context:

  • positive: aware of the hardships different groups of people might face
  • negative: overboard political correctness, cancel culture

It's entirely possible to be pro-woke and anti-woke at the same time because of this.