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My colleagues and I thought it was also somewhat relevant to how conservative institutions like the military, universities and monarchy are “made nice” to suit a new liberal sensibility.
With the Russo-Ukrainian war, though, “woke-washing” has rapidly become a pervasive aspect of how Western empire presents itself.
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