The Revenge Of The Normies
Trump is only the second Republican to win the popular vote since 1992, and he won it because of insanity like "waking up early is white supremacy."
I have discovered something deeply disturbing about myself: I have Ku Klux Klan robes hanging in my closet. I am not sure where they are, and have searched my closets multiple times without successfully locating them, but I know they are there. I know this for a fact because I wake up every morning at 5:00 a.m. This means I am a white supremacist.
No, the article I linked to above is not a parody. Sadly, this is very real. Extreme "wokeness" like that is why so many people are reflexively "anti-woke."
Here is the thing: You can talk about work-life balance and differing schedules and how we can be more productive without everyone needing to be awake at the crack of dawn. There is nothing wrong with that and it is a worthwhile conversation. It is also worth discussing how there are people with the racist belief that black people are inherently lazy and will not wake up early or work hard. There is nothing in having extra melanin that saps your motivation or productivity.
But the second you tie waking up early itself to "white supremacy," every single conservative, every single moderate, and even a large percentage of Leftists will immediately tune you out. This is where the ivory tower cult (and it is a cult) loses so many people, because everyone instinctively knows this is utter nonsense. Waking up early in 2025 (or 2023, when this was written) has absolutely nothing to do with white supremacy. And trying to shame people for when they wake up in the morning is - I am not sorry for saying it - exactly how a cult operates. Trying to shame people into adopting a different sleep cycle is exactly what a cult would do.
Of course, I reject the "god" of this cult. I am a heretic and a blasphemer. I am proud to be a heretic and a blasphemer.
40 years ago, there was a movie titled "The Revenge Of The Nerds." 2024 was "The Revenge Of The Normies." This kind of virtue signaling, finger wagging and lecturing people about perfectly normal habits is how you got Donald Trump as President. In the last nine elections for President, the Democrats have won the popular vote seven times. President Trump is only the second Republican to win the popular vote since 1992, and he won it because of insanity like "waking up early is white supremacy."
So here is some free advice for Democrats: Just stop being crazy. Trump is not an irresistible force. He is not politically invulnerable. He makes many needless unforced errors, alienating people with his personality even when implementing policy that is broadly popular. All you need to do to effectively oppose him is not be insane. Tell your "woke" base to sit down and be quiet, and distance yourself from their extremism instead of embracing it. As long as you refuse to do that, you will continue to lose.