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It’s from the 30s, actually.

Implies waking up to the systemic violence and oppression and beginning to do something about it.

Then it began being used as a bad thing because people were understanding systemic harm and those in power did not like it.

Overuse the word, make it mean nothing, remove its power, push the people back into oppression.

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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Overuse the word, make it mean nothing, remove its power, push the people back into oppression.

Conservatives have really been leaning on this tactic a ton lately.

Unfortunately, it seems to work every time.

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adry@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
same happened with anarchism. I bet someone will come reply to me, saying that anarchism is actually bad because it means “chaos” and “no laws”, yada yada.

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SacralPlexus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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There is an interesting precursor from the election that made Lincoln president. There were groups of young people forming “Wide-Awakes” clubs and demonstrating.

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sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
ahh interesting, I did not know that

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