Is ‘Wokeism’ an Abrahamic faith in essence and follow?

Some time in the past I learn a viral tweet by a young person from Delhi University, claiming Punjabi farmers are decrease caste and subsequently the government will not be listening to them. None of the admirers of that tweet appeared too involved with the truth that Punjabi farmers are essentially the most dominant caste in Punjab, way over some other caste in some other state.
Then, when a Dalit day labourer, Lakhbir Singh was ceremoniously murdered by these farmers for spiritual “blasphemy” on the Singhu border protest web site final week, the identical great-granddaughter of Einstein was lacking in providing a caste evaluation.
Nothing even when Lakhbir Singh’s household in Punjab was intimidated into disowning him and he was denied spiritual final rites. It jogged my memory of one other tweet by one other younger woman claiming vegetarianism is a instrument of caste oppression. I’m fairly positive all of us have learn such daring however selective claims made with supreme confidence that has made us doubt our personal sanity. WOKEISM.
Most educated and socio-politically lively Indians at the moment know there’s something known as Woke Culture or Wokeism that’s sweeping Universities and faculties throughout liberal democracies. In India, it’s dominating new age widespread tradition.
All OTT platforms have the identical themes on loop – caste, gender, Islamophobia and many others. In North America, it has already progressed to turn into an electoral power too. But what is that this woke tradition? A political motion? A social principle? Economic mannequin? Or one thing that encompasses all this and extra, like an Abrahamic faith?
I’ll attempt to checklist out some indicators that it’s certainly a brand new age Abrahamic faith. As India has struggled towards invasions by Abrahamic religions for a millennium, this comparability is relatable.
10 indicators of Abrahamic Religions:
1.Us vs Them false dichotomy: The world is split into believers and nonbelievers, oppressors and oppressed. This language has simple enchantment because it satisfies our genetic tribal urges of belonging to a bunch whereas pretending to espouse egalitarian values.
2. Destroy the ‘other’: Seeking full destruction of opponents is widespread. Be it cancelling somebody who mentioned one thing ‘wrong’ or utterly wiping out civilisations. There is not any room for co-existence. Dehumanising the opponent is essential. The glee when Hindus have been killed in Bengal adopted the logic that ‘while I hate human suffering, Sanghis are not human’.
3. Membership issues, not your actions: Your membership to the group and adherence to gang code decides your worth, not the benefit of your actions. Gang members will at all times be backed, even when they’re terrorists or rapists. Therefore, there is no such thing as a point out of widespread human morality in Abrahamic literature.
4. Blind religion: You can’t query an Abrahamic religion or put it to scrutiny. If your query, you’re a heretic or a caste/race/gender traitor and also you deserve even worse therapy than your enemies.
5. Expansionist victimhood: Enemy making, enemy in search of is core. Enmity is compelled upon the goal group. But an aggressor wants a grievance, therefore at all times discuss victimhood.
6. Dogma primarily based: Dogma is supreme. Complete submission to dogmatic guidelines, no exception. When an LGBTQ activist merely talked about that the Modi govt might not be anti-LGBTQ primarily based on his studying of their insurance policies, he’s promptly cancelled. He went towards the rule ‘Modi is right-wing; right-wing is anti-LGBTQ’.
7. Indoctrination of the younger: Meticulous emphasis is positioned on indoctrination at a younger age. Constant decreasing of instructing age for Critical Race Theory or Gender Studies is proof. Young individuals and ladies in present positions are thought of very helpful foot troopers.
8. Self-righteousness: Unshakeable perception that you’re proper, even by ignoring or rejecting empirical or scientific information. When I attempted to current information to help Aarey Metro shed, the information was merely ignored and all I bought was ‘climate change is here dude’.
9. Controlling historical past: Expansionist religions have at all times sought to manage the recording and studying of historical past. World historical past as we all know it at the moment is nearly solely recorded by missionaries from Abrahamic faiths. Wokeism is not any totally different. Try to put up information associated to woke-sensitive subjects on Wikipedia, and you’ll understand how decided they’re to file deceptive narratives.
10. Replacing outdated Gods: Abrahamic religions recognise that so long as outdated techniques of reverence and beliefs stay, minds can’t be absolutely managed. Hence the stress on eradicating idols and Hindu types of worship or celebration. Traditional tradition is enemy primary.
Here it’s pertinent to notice that this similarity between expansionist Abrahamic religions and Wokeism goes again to the very roots of Wokeism. The genesis of Wokeism lies in international locations with a historical past of centuries of zealous spiritual actions.
The basis of Wokeism, Critical Theory, comes from Germany, the place Christian theologian Martin Luther had proposed Protestant reforms within the sixteenth century. Luther’s reforms have been then applied in England and America and formed these international locations, not in contrast to how Wokeism is being ruthlessly applied in these international locations at the moment.
As to why some Indian tutorial establishments are following the identical path, that has a a lot easier clarification – aping the ‘superior West’. That, for one more day. For now, please steer clear of medication and Wokeism.