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Imagine a "woke mob": Who's in it? What do they look like? What would they do? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've heard this phrase used often by those on the right but every time I hear it I can't help but laugh because of what I picture in my head. But perhaps my image is wrong! I want to read everyone else's depictions.

So as to not influence the responses I will not be sharing what I imagine a "woke mob" looks like.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looters (unrelated to protesters) who take the opportunity in chaos to achieve their goal - which is anywhere between getting their next meal or counterprotesters trying to disrupt the whole protest

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

... one begins to recognize looting as a genuine form of decentralized political protest and that it works to, at least temporarily, redefine property relations and, consequently, relationships amongst people.