In this discussion with Matt Smith and Doug Casey on Doug Casey’s Take, I discuss wokism and why it is not what many people think it is.

Wokism is often treated as a political fashion or an extension of the old left. I argue that it is something deeper and more corrosive: a symptom of moral confusion, resentment, civilizational weakness, and the collapse of objective standards. It does not elevate the weak. It turns grievance into identity and sentimentality into power.

Watch the full discussion below:

Key Takeaways

• Why wokism is not simply traditional leftism or old-style socialism
• How grievance politics replaces honor, merit, and individual dignity
• Why moral relativism weakens institutions, responsibility, and justice
• How wokism reflects the deeper civilizational decline of the West
• Why societies that abandon objective standards drift toward coercion and disorder