Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
Have you ever wondered where Woke came from or why you hear it mentioned in conjunction with Karl Marx? Let's take a brief journey through time to see how Marx's morality eventually led to Hollywood fighting injustice with diverse casting.
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0:00 Intro
1:01 It Starts With Marx
2:28 Capitalism!
3:49 Reading Explanation
4:32 Reading From Chapter 7
6:37 End of Reading
8:43 The Frankfurt School
10:14 Was Marxism Rebranded?
12:12 Postmodernism
13:33 Civil Rights. Stay Woke
14:10 Postmodernism Takes Over
14:55 Intersectionality and CRT
15:17 The 90s Were Amazing
18:06 The Birth of Woke Hollywood
19:12 Woke Morality Kills Writing
20:31 Grifting? Or Responding?
21:35 The Executives Approved It
21:56 Now Woke Is Negative
22:54 Future Predictions
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Have you ever wondered where Woke came from or why you hear it mentioned in conjunction with Karl Marx? Let's take a brief journey through time to see how Marx's morality eventually led to Hollywood fighting injustice with diverse casting.
Thank you to Raycon for sponsoring this video! Head to raycon.yt.link/dKqiVlr to get 20% off the best-selling Everyday Earbuds!
0:00 Intro
1:01 It Starts With Marx
2:28 Capitalism!
3:49 Reading Explanation
4:32 Reading From Chapter 7
6:37 End of Reading
8:43 The Frankfurt School
10:14 Was Marxism Rebranded?
12:12 Postmodernism
13:33 Civil Rights. Stay Woke
14:10 Postmodernism Takes Over
14:55 Intersectionality and CRT
15:17 The 90s Were Amazing
18:06 The Birth of Woke Hollywood
19:12 Woke Morality Kills Writing
20:31 Grifting? Or Responding?
21:35 The Executives Approved It
21:56 Now Woke Is Negative
22:54 Future Predictions
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