Wokeism as godless, anti-ascetic neo-Puritanism
The new semester begins, and I take up my sword once more...
I wrote this a few years ago and then it sat around for a while while I was busy with other things. If I were to write it again today, I’d perhaps change some things, but I still think the parallel is “good for thinking” even if there are plenty of problems in the comparison. (Yes, God and asceticism are pretty important comp…