I really hope so, I'm getting tired of not being able to just like rainbows. And being afraid to say wake up to people without having to worry about being mistaken for a shitlib. And on the other side, I am also extremely exhausted from all of the toxic road rage I receive from Men In oversized red pickup trucks who are triggered at the idea that I drive a 12-year-old hybrid that gets 70 Mi to the gallon and only cost me $200 a month including insurance. It's not my fault that they shop to overcompensate for other things lacking and aren't able to just shop sensibly for a vehicle and let people live their lives. ... as you can tell, I am neither a Democrat or a Republican and don't want what either party has to offer. And mostly I'm tired of being caught up in the middle of this bs, Especially since one side always assumes I'm coming from the other side just because I criticize them. I'm going to use that term without any negative connotations associated with shit libs, both Democrats and Republicans need to realize that the two groups combined together don't even make up half of the registered voters in this country and the other half has had enough of your crap.
Being woke isn't necessarily a bad thing... It's the extension of those theories into areas that it doesn't need to be that seem to be the issue.... In my opinion... Appreciate the discussion
My prediction is that it will get worse. What you're seeing is the calm before the storm. The thing to understand is what "woke" really is in entertainment. What Woke is, is an attempt to broaden already large niche products to hit previously untapped markets, instead of developing new products to hit those markets. This generally undermines the existing product, as what made it appealing to its current audience is removed to make it palatable to a theoretical audience that wasn't all that interested in the product in the first place. So why is this about to get worse? Donald Trump. One of Trump's major core policy sets is deregulation, which means that with him taking power, there will be far less enforcement of laws preventing mergers and acquisitions - which is what these big companies do instead of creating new stuff. Really think about it - Disney didn't need to buy Lucas Film to create space fantasy movies in the vein of Starwars. It didn't need to buy the MCU to make superhero movies. It bought these things because it was easier to buy an established brand that was already popular on the market than to build their own new IPs. Mergers and acquisitions - that's what these companies do instead of innovating, and the net result is the death of creativity in the market. A company can only really focus on so many product lines at any given time. Try to produce too much, and attention slips, and with that attention there goes the quality. So these companies will end up killing off smaller IPs to focus on a few big brands. They will not gamble on small projects that could grow into something amazing, they'd rather go after than one big bet. But these big brands, as huge as they are, don't have that much room for real growth. They're are close to market saturation - so in order to try and grow these brands, they will be remade for "modern audiences", or the people who aren't already watching or playing. The market incentives under a Trump administration are just perfectly set to ensure that all the problems that create wokeness make a comeback.
You seem to agree on the idea that there seems to be less wokeness (calm before the storm)... Would this mean the same above argument or a different one if you perceived more wokeness?
@@LedZippo99 Well, yes. I mean if I perceived more wokeness right now I'd be trying to figure out what is driving that, so I probably wouldn't land on M&A activity as a causal factor behind wokeness. With the FTC making M&A a pain in the backside, I see the correlation and I see a mechanism by with it would be causal.
@@LedZippo99 Eh, some of it. I think the tariffs people are freaking out about are mostly going to be sabre rattling. The economic impact on places like Texas leaves me thinking that even if he does do it, it will get quickly reversed. It is why I don't think it will particularly lead to a rise in US manufacturing - it takes time to build those factories and train the staff for them, and you're not going to do that if you think the measures will be revoked before you can start making money off of it. Immigration, I can't see him following through on that one either, though I'm less sure on it. I think mostly things will just be a bit shittier for immigrants for a while, but I'm never comfortable hoping that a politician is lying. They often are, don't get me wrong, its just not generally about their worse ideas. The denaturalisation promise is straight up unconstitutional, so I think that will get deadlocked in the courts until he's out. I think there is a strong chance that he will be a bad president, but not quite as bad as a lot of the left are saying. We tend to forget that if we predict the apocalypse and just get a shitty government, well it doesn't take much to do better than expected.
"Just not well thought out, this video..." OMG; is this dude WOKE? Knowing that this video is not well thought out? Amazing... to KNOW something that you didn't know before...
Wokeness never even began in my life! I can smell BS from miles away.
I like your outlook! I hope that it is, I'm hoping this isn't just a lul. The faster we move on from wokeness, the better.
@@stevenstone307 I Don't think we're alone...
😎❤️🇹🇼‼️let’s hope.
I really hope so, I'm getting tired of not being able to just like rainbows. And being afraid to say wake up to people without having to worry about being mistaken for a shitlib.
And on the other side, I am also extremely exhausted from all of the toxic road rage I receive from Men In oversized red pickup trucks who are triggered at the idea that I drive a 12-year-old hybrid that gets 70 Mi to the gallon and only cost me $200 a month including insurance. It's not my fault that they shop to overcompensate for other things lacking and aren't able to just shop sensibly for a vehicle and let people live their lives.
... as you can tell, I am neither a Democrat or a Republican and don't want what either party has to offer. And mostly I'm tired of being caught up in the middle of this bs, Especially since one side always assumes I'm coming from the other side just because I criticize them. I'm going to use that term without any negative connotations associated with shit libs, both Democrats and Republicans need to realize that the two groups combined together don't even make up half of the registered voters in this country and the other half has had enough of your crap.
Easy choice for Americans….TRUMP or the TRAMP!
I'm curious what peoples' definition of 'woke' even is?
@@Merry-Go-Round123 For me, Woke is:: becoming aware of something that's always been there.
@@Merry-Go-Round123 He's 80 years old; of course he's a lil sleepy.
I'd rather be awake than asleep; just saying.
I like the streets of Taiwan. Nice walk!
more to come...
Considering that "woke" has never been defined, how could it be ending when no one even knows what it means?
@@abidd it's been loosely defined and it has slowed down... In my opinion ...you're entitled to your own opinion
@@LedZippo99 Define "woke"!
Being woke isn't necessarily a bad thing... It's the extension of those theories into areas that it doesn't need to be that seem to be the issue.... In my opinion... Appreciate the discussion
My prediction is that it will get worse. What you're seeing is the calm before the storm.
The thing to understand is what "woke" really is in entertainment.
What Woke is, is an attempt to broaden already large niche products to hit previously untapped markets, instead of developing new products to hit those markets.
This generally undermines the existing product, as what made it appealing to its current audience is removed to make it palatable to a theoretical audience that wasn't all that interested in the product in the first place.
So why is this about to get worse? Donald Trump.
One of Trump's major core policy sets is deregulation, which means that with him taking power, there will be far less enforcement of laws preventing mergers and acquisitions - which is what these big companies do instead of creating new stuff.
Really think about it - Disney didn't need to buy Lucas Film to create space fantasy movies in the vein of Starwars. It didn't need to buy the MCU to make superhero movies. It bought these things because it was easier to buy an established brand that was already popular on the market than to build their own new IPs.
Mergers and acquisitions - that's what these companies do instead of innovating, and the net result is the death of creativity in the market.
A company can only really focus on so many product lines at any given time. Try to produce too much, and attention slips, and with that attention there goes the quality. So these companies will end up killing off smaller IPs to focus on a few big brands. They will not gamble on small projects that could grow into something amazing, they'd rather go after than one big bet.
But these big brands, as huge as they are, don't have that much room for real growth. They're are close to market saturation - so in order to try and grow these brands, they will be remade for "modern audiences", or the people who aren't already watching or playing.
The market incentives under a Trump administration are just perfectly set to ensure that all the problems that create wokeness make a comeback.
You seem to agree on the idea that there seems to be less wokeness (calm before the storm)... Would this mean the same above argument or a different one if you perceived more wokeness?
@@LedZippo99 Well, yes.
I mean if I perceived more wokeness right now I'd be trying to figure out what is driving that, so I probably wouldn't land on M&A activity as a causal factor behind wokeness.
With the FTC making M&A a pain in the backside, I see the correlation and I see a mechanism by with it would be causal.
@@Thandi123 I see what you mean... Do you think Trump is going to stick to his policies? Regardless of if you think they're good or bad...
@@LedZippo99 Eh, some of it.
I think the tariffs people are freaking out about are mostly going to be sabre rattling. The economic impact on places like Texas leaves me thinking that even if he does do it, it will get quickly reversed.
It is why I don't think it will particularly lead to a rise in US manufacturing - it takes time to build those factories and train the staff for them, and you're not going to do that if you think the measures will be revoked before you can start making money off of it.
Immigration, I can't see him following through on that one either, though I'm less sure on it. I think mostly things will just be a bit shittier for immigrants for a while, but I'm never comfortable hoping that a politician is lying.
They often are, don't get me wrong, its just not generally about their worse ideas.
The denaturalisation promise is straight up unconstitutional, so I think that will get deadlocked in the courts until he's out.
I think there is a strong chance that he will be a bad president, but not quite as bad as a lot of the left are saying. We tend to forget that if we predict the apocalypse and just get a shitty government, well it doesn't take much to do better than expected.
"Just not well thought out, this video..." OMG; is this dude WOKE? Knowing that this video is not well thought out? Amazing... to KNOW something that you didn't know before...
Just sharing some thoughts off the top of my head buddy... welcome to comments