The Post-Woke Age?: Mamdani, AI Job Loss, & the "Vibe Shift"

<p>Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/OneDime" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/OneDime</a></p><p>This is an Elleven Labs voice-over of an essay I released a while ago on my <a href="https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime/note/p-198866671?utm_source=notes-share-action&amp;r=2sschq" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Substack titled "The Post-Woke Age: Making Sense of Mamdani, AI Job Loss and the 'Vibe Shift“ A Post-Woke Age,”</a> (Part 3 of my Genealogy of Wokeism series). In this essay, I argue that the Fourth Awokening is exhausting itself while AI-driven white-collar displacement could produce a Fifth Awokening through a broader crisis of elite overproduction. I also examine the return of class politics, the appeal of neoreaction, whether a “woke right” really exists, Zohran Mamdani’s rise, the left’s inability to learn from defeat, and the political trajectory of the Palestine movement.</p><p>Read the written essay: <a href="https://1dimereview.substack.com/p/the-next-awokening" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://1dimereview.substack.com/p/the-next-awokening</a></p><p>You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts.</p><p>Timestamps:<br />0:00 The Post-Woke Age<br />7:46 Is Woke Dead, or Is It Coming Back?<br />14:00 The Vibe Shift<br />19:47 AI and the Fifth Awokening<br />26:52 Elite Overproduction in STEM<br />32:59 The FIRE Industries and Bullshit Jobs<br />34:41 Blue-Collar Workers and the Producer Class<br />44:12 The Appeal of Neoreaction<br />46:52 Is There a Woke Right?<br />52:48 Rise of Class Politics Across Left and Right<br />55:46 Don’t Mess With the Zohran<br />1:08:59 Why Mamdani Won<br />1:13:39 It’s Not Just Optics. It’s About Truth<br />1:16:43 Anti-Left Propaganda Works Because Leftists Are the Propaganda<br />1:21:56 Why the Left Is Slow to Learn<br />1:28:19 Israel and Palestine<br />1:35:39 Bibliography/Footnotes</p><p>FOLLOW 1Dime:</p><ul><li><p>1Dime Radio YouTube channel: <a href="https://youtube.com/@1dimeradio" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/@1dimeradio</a></p></li><li><p>Substack: <a href="https://1dimereview.substack.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://1dimereview.substack.com/</a></p></li><li><p>X/Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/1DimeOfficial" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/1DimeOfficial</a></p></li><li><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/</a></p></li><li><p>Main 1Dime YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee</a></p></li></ul><p>Leave a like, comment, and subscribe. Give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.</p><p><br /></p>