"Awake" vs. "Woke"

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           What even is that? 👀

    Since the pandemic started, I've seen these two words float around a lot on social media and other places on the internet. 

    I don't consider myself to be either one of these, for the record. I don't see the point. I try and hold my own set of values and morals, ones that match with the world as a whole rather than taking sides.

    The awake are considered the far-right Conservatives, who think there's a lot more going on than people see (which yes, there very well may be), aka "conspiracy theorists", and the one's considered woke are the far-left Liberals who comply with everything, aka "sheep". People abiding by the law, trying to live an honest life, trying to see the good in the world, sheep.

   These terms have deeply divided the world over the last several years, especially since 2020 and COVID19 started. 

    Why can't we just work together?

    Why does everything have to be divided into Red vs Blue? Conservatives vs Liberals? Right vs Left? I understand that the world needs to have different views to solve their issues, but people have gone way too far with it. People have gone far enough that they attack others on social media, and even out in the world. 

    The past couple of years have made me question my own beliefs and morals at times, because of everything I see on social media and hear from people. 

    How do we really know who's telling the truth in this battle of left vs right? Are we going to believe everything we see on the internet?

    I've recently come to a decision that I'm just going to take my life day by day and try not to consume so much information going around. I have to for my own sanity, honestly. Self-care.


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