Say what you like about Ron DeSantis, he is definitely show-casing a legitimate strategy to combat woke policies that should be looked at by every right wing politician who is in power, or wants to be.
It is very clear that both market forces and generally Cultural forces are leaning towards the woke agenda...a place where sexual freedom is prioritised, where gender is becoming less a biological fact and more of a social role based activity, where every minority race is celebrated and white people are detested. Its an onslaught, driven primarily by social reproduction of these themes in institutions and social media to make us all believe that these themes are rational social norms instead of fringe theories.
And really, there are only two elements in society providing any sort of limiting factors on this constant onslaught...Religion and the State. With religion becoming less influential, it is only the state that can push back.
And so what has DeSantis and his state representatives done.
1. Legislation to stop white privilege being used to shame or guilt people
2. Banning of sexual materials in school libraries
3.Legislation to stop the teaching of LGBTI issues before Year 3.
4. Immigration limitations.
Its a good first step. In Australia, we don't quite have the same level of conflict, but we need to call out these corporate and social overreaching activities when they appear in front of us. So that means keeping the pressure on sporting organisations to exclude trans women from female sporting competitions, to push back on any teachings of LGBTI or Queer issues in schools, and to oppose the Indigenous Voice.
