The Woke
Is there hope? Koestler’s book is not an optimistic one. “He who accepts a dictatorship must accept civil war as a means. He [who] recoils from civil war must give up opposition and accept the dictatorship.” Let us hope that Koestler is wrong about that. Hope, however, may not be enough. The challenge of our age is not merely to resist the woke, but for those who recoil from both civil war and dictatorship to find a peaceful, orderly means of resistance.
I suggest not giving an inch to political correctness in all walks of life. The civil war will be avoided by millions of little skirmishes: fought in classrooms, workplaces, bars, and homes. Do not give an inch to totalitarian lies of political correctness. Mock it. Speak out against it. It will die a slow and painful death because it is shallow. Make those who believe in the lies stew and fester in their own miserable conclusions. The only way it wins is with complicity, silence, and people unwilling to speak out against it.
And arm yourself. Not with guns, but with money, friends, community, family, faith, knowledge, and relationships. And then with guns.
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