Spider-Verse, Identity Politics, Leftist Infighting, and the Oppression Olympics

Has Spiderman gone "woke," and what does woke mean anyway?
Should the left participate in identity politics, or do they distract from class solidarity?
A video essay about identity and belonging, Baudrillard and Bordieu, how we parse reality, and how we find our place within it.

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Chapters:
Prosteige: 00:00
The Oppression Olympics: 00:04:02
Identity Politics on the Left: 00:16:44
What is Woke?: 00:39:25
Identity Politics and Conservativism: 01:00:19
Punk Ontology: 01:12:15
Spoilers: 01:43:50
Punk Ontology cont: 01:44:53
Liberal Identity Politics: 01:51:48
Cucked by Idpol: 02:08:45
Conclusion: 02:23:58