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[Analyysi7]

Is the "Wokeism" in America today the modern equivalent of Christianity in late antiquity?

I've been really into the decline of western Rome lately and I can't help but see some similarities between early Christianity and the woke movement of today. I'm approaching this purely from a historical standpoint, not debating whether either ideology is better.

It may not seem likely to most, but at their core wokeism and Christianity have a very similar appeal for their respective time periods. They're all about accepting and loving everyone, even marginalized groups, not being judgmental of anyone, giving to the poor, and both have an underlying sense of moral superiority (whether you believe they do or not, THEY believe they're morally superior).

Both movements were initially popular among women, the poor, and marginalized groups *because* of the very same message of acceptance and equality. In Roman times Christians were mainly found in the cities and pagans were mostly found in the countryside, just like in America woke ideology is more popular in the cities and rural areas are conservative, and just like early Christians had many "purity tests," i.e. tests to prove how Christian they were, people who follow woke ideology often have these tests to prove how socially progressive they are (like pointless race-swapping in Hollywood).

It wasn't long until Christians were seen as forward thinking and progressive, and pagans (the conservatives of the time) were seen as "traditional," antiquated, backwards, or downright evil. And just like wokeism today, people who subscribed to Christianity were given favorable positions in Roman society, thus spreading its influence even more. It got to a point where people were converting to Christianity just for the socioeconomic benefits, and pagan beliefs were straight up removed from Roman public life, a parallel of this would be corporations today removing heavily conservative/republican beliefs from their platforms.

Pagans saw themselves as the "true" Romans and saw Christians as lazy and a threat to the Roman state, identity, and culture, just like how conservatives see the woke movement today.

Is it fair to make this comparison? Ancient Rome's religious polarity ended with Christianity's dominance, could this mean America's political polarity could end with woke ideology being the dominant one? I don't think we've reached that point just yet.

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Toisaalta, ehkä wokeismi on luontaista jatkoa kristinuskolle.  Woke kulttuuria kun näkee lähinnä kristityissä maissa, ei niinkään rikkaissa muslimi tai Aasian maissa.