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The Woke Supremacy: An Anti-Socialist Manifesto
As America grows more and more divided, The Woke Supremacy takes an honest look at the Democratic Socialist movement, its founding, its history, what it is its followers want, and what it is they're willing to do to get it. There simply could not be a more important book at a more important juncture in American -- and world -- history.
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First published August 10, 2020
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July 14, 2021
I’m not the one who needed this
Sadly, the people who need this book most won’t read it. People like me will. We will all agree that it’s true. Then the wokies will gather up their brown shirts an witless supporters to sing we shall overcome pretending they are correcting some terrible injustice. Just like Marx, Hitler, Stalin , mao, Castro et al. As long as they control the media we are screwed. We need to focus on fixing that.
Sadly, the people who need this book most won’t read it. People like me will. We will all agree that it’s true. Then the wokies will gather up their brown shirts an witless supporters to sing we shall overcome pretending they are correcting some terrible injustice. Just like Marx, Hitler, Stalin , mao, Castro et al. As long as they control the media we are screwed. We need to focus on fixing that.
August 10, 2021
I wanted to like this book more than I did. Although The Woke Supremacy touches on some important facts and gives some interesting examples, I found it a bit simplistic, and, at times, a tiresome rant.
October 16, 2020
I was disappointed in the presenation of the material. I actual tend to be conservative and i found the book to be diffict to stomach. It seems haphazardly written with zero footnotes or references to corroborate many/most claims in the book. The book would be 1000x better if sources and more factual data were provided. That is, I wouldnt quote much of any of this book in conversation, dialogue, or debate because they is no references or data that supports it.
It has the feeling and flow of a low brow conversation driven by an acolyte right wing extremist trying to convince his friends of the impending apocolypse in such a way that if you believed this was the case before reading the book, you might doubt it afterward.
I am a strong proponent of personal accountability of safeguarding our own country through civic responsibility and arming yourself with knowledge of how tyrannical people and governments come to be, what language they use, and methods of usurping power. And I am also a strong proponent for free trade economies and oppose socialist central planning structures, but this book did not seem to provide any logical structure or intellectual ammunition to support nationalism, free market trade, nor convince anyone why the left is a bad idea other than the tired, sophomoric comparison to nazis and leninist soviet union. Which are great talking points, but if that is all you got, dont write a book.
This could have been done better. As is, it seems to be a weak list of talking point banter for right wingers, however, you couldnt go 2 or 3 questions deep in any debate using this material. The subject matter and importance is 5 star, writing style and low brow layout is 1 star. Total is 2 star. 2 star because smart people that read this may determine people on the right are unintelligent, and now I am going to have to work harder during my own conversations to offset this dribble.
It has the feeling and flow of a low brow conversation driven by an acolyte right wing extremist trying to convince his friends of the impending apocolypse in such a way that if you believed this was the case before reading the book, you might doubt it afterward.
I am a strong proponent of personal accountability of safeguarding our own country through civic responsibility and arming yourself with knowledge of how tyrannical people and governments come to be, what language they use, and methods of usurping power. And I am also a strong proponent for free trade economies and oppose socialist central planning structures, but this book did not seem to provide any logical structure or intellectual ammunition to support nationalism, free market trade, nor convince anyone why the left is a bad idea other than the tired, sophomoric comparison to nazis and leninist soviet union. Which are great talking points, but if that is all you got, dont write a book.
This could have been done better. As is, it seems to be a weak list of talking point banter for right wingers, however, you couldnt go 2 or 3 questions deep in any debate using this material. The subject matter and importance is 5 star, writing style and low brow layout is 1 star. Total is 2 star. 2 star because smart people that read this may determine people on the right are unintelligent, and now I am going to have to work harder during my own conversations to offset this dribble.
November 4, 2020
Such a Disappointment
I like to read books that expand my knowledge of a subject. This book was recommended to me as one that would expand my knowledge and challenge my belief system. Unfortunately, it did neither. It boils down to Democratic Socialists are just as bad as NAZIS without the killing of Jews. There's no real premise. There's no facts backing up any of Mr Sayet's opinions. The circular arguments and contractions are annoying. I was looking for a study of Socialism and just found one man's poorly written opinion.
If you lean toward Mr Sayet's opinion already, you'll love this book. If you're looking for a well written tome of knowledge, keep looking.
I like to read books that expand my knowledge of a subject. This book was recommended to me as one that would expand my knowledge and challenge my belief system. Unfortunately, it did neither. It boils down to Democratic Socialists are just as bad as NAZIS without the killing of Jews. There's no real premise. There's no facts backing up any of Mr Sayet's opinions. The circular arguments and contractions are annoying. I was looking for a study of Socialism and just found one man's poorly written opinion.
If you lean toward Mr Sayet's opinion already, you'll love this book. If you're looking for a well written tome of knowledge, keep looking.
January 4, 2021
80% of this book was pretty good...lot's of definitions of the Socialist political stance given in a conversational tone...but, reading through I kept wondering when there was going to be a mention of the socialist leaning of the Jewish Left, it's absence was loud and it seemed like the author was avoiding the subject...then wham! 20 or 30 pages of it...overkill, overdone...its always the same, Hey, look at us!...I'll put a cork in it...I did learn a few things from Woke, its an easy read and I believe I'll use it as a reference in the future...
March 5, 2021
This book makes a contribution in a simple but profound read because the issue that is highlighted provides us with an understanding concerning many of the problems we face in our country today. The conflict described is not only limited to our own country but the entire world is facing a silent but steady aggression which rages on in various forms. In short it’s the socialists at war against supporters of the nation-state, collectivists versus capitalists, globalists versus nationalists, or progressives versus conservatives. As Sayet points out, it is no secret that all socialists are globalists and that they have one goal in mind, to turn the entire world into a socialist ‘paradise.’ As history shows and as Sayet alludes, a good part of the world is totally polarized because of the progressives attempt to destroy capitalist societies. Political correctness is one of the means that the progressives (The Woke) have used to push an insipid form of cultural marxism or neo-marxism and to bring this plan to fruition by taking a long intellectual march through the university institutions. They are doing this so that they can change and redefine the meaning of virtually everything known to western man.
The author has a gift for simplifying the difficult and making crystal clear how we got to the modern-day state of ‘wokeness’ and social justice. He is brilliant at describing what is happening and connecting the thought of todays radicals with those going back to the 60’s. I loved that he coined the expression the “Woke Supremacy” which so perfectly describes the intolerant leftist progressives of today.
In a very frightening part of his book he shows how the left of today uses the tenets of Saul Alinsky to create division and chaos with our culture. In my opinion the author has written a mini treatise that whoever is indeed ‘woke’ and reads it will recognize what he describes as being true. There are so many quotable passages that I highlighted but it is also here I encountered a little bit of frustration. I wish Sayet would have footnoted many of the quotes he uses and provided a simple bibliography. Much of it was familiar to me but to the first time reader, well, he will have to do some work. I recommend all high school and college students read this and digest it. Needless to say, every American should read this book and keep it handy.
The author has a gift for simplifying the difficult and making crystal clear how we got to the modern-day state of ‘wokeness’ and social justice. He is brilliant at describing what is happening and connecting the thought of todays radicals with those going back to the 60’s. I loved that he coined the expression the “Woke Supremacy” which so perfectly describes the intolerant leftist progressives of today.
In a very frightening part of his book he shows how the left of today uses the tenets of Saul Alinsky to create division and chaos with our culture. In my opinion the author has written a mini treatise that whoever is indeed ‘woke’ and reads it will recognize what he describes as being true. There are so many quotable passages that I highlighted but it is also here I encountered a little bit of frustration. I wish Sayet would have footnoted many of the quotes he uses and provided a simple bibliography. Much of it was familiar to me but to the first time reader, well, he will have to do some work. I recommend all high school and college students read this and digest it. Needless to say, every American should read this book and keep it handy.
November 10, 2020
My Amazon review:
In this dense book packed with point after brilliant point, Evan Sayet once again makes the complex understandable. There are things we all subconsciously know about the Left, but rarely do we ever see them stated in such a way that they become crystal clear, and solidified somewhere toward the front of our minds. Evan not only explains the current leftist insanity, but he also reveals the history of the mindset that created it.
"Long before there was 'Pajama Boy', the Democratic Socialists were known as 'Flower Children' and the 'Children of the Sixties' and, not coincidentally, the enemies of the movement were typically referred to as 'the Man'."
This book is in my personal top 5 (maybe top 3) commentaries on the American Left. I highly recommend it to anyone wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the enemy America faces in 2020.
In this dense book packed with point after brilliant point, Evan Sayet once again makes the complex understandable. There are things we all subconsciously know about the Left, but rarely do we ever see them stated in such a way that they become crystal clear, and solidified somewhere toward the front of our minds. Evan not only explains the current leftist insanity, but he also reveals the history of the mindset that created it.
"Long before there was 'Pajama Boy', the Democratic Socialists were known as 'Flower Children' and the 'Children of the Sixties' and, not coincidentally, the enemies of the movement were typically referred to as 'the Man'."
This book is in my personal top 5 (maybe top 3) commentaries on the American Left. I highly recommend it to anyone wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the enemy America faces in 2020.
February 14, 2021
Woke Supremacy
The author nailed it. This book could have used a more thorough editing, and some parts depart a bit from factual discourse, and seem to be solely a reflection of his political biases.
Having said that, he sees the beast as it is, and has described it perfectly. The beast is the majority of the mainstream news media, academia, most of the entertainment industry, and the vast majority of the Democratic Party (or at least most Democrats who serve at the national level).
They are NOT liberals, or progressives, or any other benign label that they might apply to themselves. They are Socialists of the type that the author has described, nothing more or less.
I’ll be eager to read more from Mr. Sayet.
The author nailed it. This book could have used a more thorough editing, and some parts depart a bit from factual discourse, and seem to be solely a reflection of his political biases.
Having said that, he sees the beast as it is, and has described it perfectly. The beast is the majority of the mainstream news media, academia, most of the entertainment industry, and the vast majority of the Democratic Party (or at least most Democrats who serve at the national level).
They are NOT liberals, or progressives, or any other benign label that they might apply to themselves. They are Socialists of the type that the author has described, nothing more or less.
I’ll be eager to read more from Mr. Sayet.
May 23, 2021
Don't pass up this book
I believe I am going to re-read this book. I think I missed something I read or it didn't stick in my brain. Excellent read. It explained a lot.
Quotes that make me want to hit my head against a post.
**It was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – often described as the “new face” of the Democratic party – who smugly declared, “It is more important to be ‘morally right’” than to be factually correct.
*William Ayers ( racist and spreader of hate) A once respected professor at the University of Illinois stated: " I don’t do research that involves gathering data and analyzing it. Rather, my research proselytizes"
“Research” that doesn’t involve gathering data and analyzing it isn’t research. “Science” that proselytizes is called propaganda.
I believe I am going to re-read this book. I think I missed something I read or it didn't stick in my brain. Excellent read. It explained a lot.
Quotes that make me want to hit my head against a post.
**It was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – often described as the “new face” of the Democratic party – who smugly declared, “It is more important to be ‘morally right’” than to be factually correct.
*William Ayers ( racist and spreader of hate) A once respected professor at the University of Illinois stated: " I don’t do research that involves gathering data and analyzing it. Rather, my research proselytizes"
“Research” that doesn’t involve gathering data and analyzing it isn’t research. “Science” that proselytizes is called propaganda.
July 11, 2021
Mazel Tov, Evan!
My friend Evan Sayet has written a highly articulate, utterly engrossing, thorough condemnation of Socialists past and present. He clearly demonstrates that today’s so-called “Democratic Socialists” with their “Woke” Cancel Culture are sisters under the skin with Hitler’s National Socialists and the Stalinist & Maoists alike...and every bit as evil.
My friend Evan Sayet has written a highly articulate, utterly engrossing, thorough condemnation of Socialists past and present. He clearly demonstrates that today’s so-called “Democratic Socialists” with their “Woke” Cancel Culture are sisters under the skin with Hitler’s National Socialists and the Stalinist & Maoists alike...and every bit as evil.
January 17, 2021
Should have been a must read for voters three months ago!
A compelling book about how the Woke are destroying this country. We now must dig deep and energize ourselves once again to overcome the leftist radicals that are destroying this country.
A compelling book about how the Woke are destroying this country. We now must dig deep and energize ourselves once again to overcome the leftist radicals that are destroying this country.
July 12, 2021
Great book. Required reading. Open your eyes American!
Highly recommended. The battle of ideologies is in play in our society. It’s a battle between the Judeo-Christian mind-set and the anti-God intellectualism. May freedom reign.
Highly recommended. The battle of ideologies is in play in our society. It’s a battle between the Judeo-Christian mind-set and the anti-God intellectualism. May freedom reign.
September 7, 2020
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
February 4, 2024
I’m fascinated with goober political philosophy.
First and foremost because I abhor simple-minded debate. I despise people who judge something without taking the time and making an effort to understand it.
So it seems only responsible to try to understand the right-wing nutters and why they think the way they do.
But that said despite trying, I find nothing more than basic stupidity at the core of all of their beliefs. Sigh.
Don’t get me wrong, occasionally I do hear intelligent discourse, but inevitably when traced to its roots it will come down to some corn-pone belief that has no basis in reality. Usually ‘My daddy told me!’ Or ‘It says it in the Bible!’
But I still keep around a stack of right wing books that I hope will offer some insight into why these yokels insist on believing crap that a 5 minute google search could disprove.
The Preface of this small tract does not look like it’s going to be the one. It starts with the usual buzzword salad — Socialist, Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Nazism vs Democracy and Nationalism. Seems like it will be a reasonable comparison to me!
“People who seek one-world government are called “Globalists.”
Here is a bullshit statement that a 2 minute google search could easily dispel. Which is a valuable lesson. When someone needs to use bullshit to prove their point — even if that bullshit is ‘merely’ oversimplification — it means their point doesn’t have enough truth to it to stand on their own.
So no, that’s not what globalist means. As an aside, I DO want a one-world government, but that’s more because I’m Star Trek fan than because I am ‘woke’ or a socialist.
“He [Hitler] was a Globalist Socialist who, at least in these two basic and essential ways, was no different from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or your favorite barista at Starbucks today.”
Okay, I tried but this author’s an f’ing moron. Did not finish. Giving this book the finger.
First and foremost because I abhor simple-minded debate. I despise people who judge something without taking the time and making an effort to understand it.
So it seems only responsible to try to understand the right-wing nutters and why they think the way they do.
But that said despite trying, I find nothing more than basic stupidity at the core of all of their beliefs. Sigh.
Don’t get me wrong, occasionally I do hear intelligent discourse, but inevitably when traced to its roots it will come down to some corn-pone belief that has no basis in reality. Usually ‘My daddy told me!’ Or ‘It says it in the Bible!’
But I still keep around a stack of right wing books that I hope will offer some insight into why these yokels insist on believing crap that a 5 minute google search could disprove.
The Preface of this small tract does not look like it’s going to be the one. It starts with the usual buzzword salad — Socialist, Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Nazism vs Democracy and Nationalism. Seems like it will be a reasonable comparison to me!
“People who seek one-world government are called “Globalists.”
Here is a bullshit statement that a 2 minute google search could easily dispel. Which is a valuable lesson. When someone needs to use bullshit to prove their point — even if that bullshit is ‘merely’ oversimplification — it means their point doesn’t have enough truth to it to stand on their own.
So no, that’s not what globalist means. As an aside, I DO want a one-world government, but that’s more because I’m Star Trek fan than because I am ‘woke’ or a socialist.
“He [Hitler] was a Globalist Socialist who, at least in these two basic and essential ways, was no different from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or your favorite barista at Starbucks today.”
Okay, I tried but this author’s an f’ing moron. Did not finish. Giving this book the finger.
September 9, 2020
Boils the stakes of the 2020 election to it’s essence.
Evan Sayet succinctly describes the two distinct sides of this battle of ideologies. He provides evidence as to the histories of the two movements; one that is based on coercion, lies and group-think and the other that revels in the ingenuity of the individual. This book should, hopefully, will wake up the American Democrat remaining from the era of JFK and “Scoop” Jackson era. God help us if the socialists win. There will be no going back. As Lincoln said: “We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope on Earth.”
Evan Sayet succinctly describes the two distinct sides of this battle of ideologies. He provides evidence as to the histories of the two movements; one that is based on coercion, lies and group-think and the other that revels in the ingenuity of the individual. This book should, hopefully, will wake up the American Democrat remaining from the era of JFK and “Scoop” Jackson era. God help us if the socialists win. There will be no going back. As Lincoln said: “We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope on Earth.”
August 7, 2021
My first <3 stars book.
The whole point of this book is basically
1. Just him, bad mouthing the left (dems) and why they're the "bad" people
2. US Republican #1 and the rest of the world are just a pile of sh*t
That's totally fine, I mean I love to hear a bunch opinions in my life regardless of who says it BUT
his opinions are just diametrically opposed to one another.
For example: He talked a lot about cancel culture and yet he brought up the past democrat's policies (even before the party realignment)
I gave 2 stars cause yes 20-30% of what he said was true but the rest are just meh.
The whole point of this book is basically
1. Just him, bad mouthing the left (dems) and why they're the "bad" people
2. US Republican #1 and the rest of the world are just a pile of sh*t
That's totally fine, I mean I love to hear a bunch opinions in my life regardless of who says it BUT
his opinions are just diametrically opposed to one another.
For example: He talked a lot about cancel culture and yet he brought up the past democrat's policies (even before the party realignment)
I gave 2 stars cause yes 20-30% of what he said was true but the rest are just meh.
October 23, 2020
An Honest Phillipic
I’ve followed Evan Sayet since he hit the speaking circuit after the publishing of “The Kindergarten of Eden” in 2012. The intervening 8 years have only further illustrated the accuracy of his insights into the “Progressive” mind.
He’s correct again. What is at stake now is the future of liberal democracy, and its sun dog capitalism. Strongly recommended.
This, along with Victor Davis Hanson's "The Case for Trump" should be required reading for voters in 2020.
I’ve followed Evan Sayet since he hit the speaking circuit after the publishing of “The Kindergarten of Eden” in 2012. The intervening 8 years have only further illustrated the accuracy of his insights into the “Progressive” mind.
He’s correct again. What is at stake now is the future of liberal democracy, and its sun dog capitalism. Strongly recommended.
This, along with Victor Davis Hanson's "The Case for Trump" should be required reading for voters in 2020.
April 6, 2023
Good summary of problems; solutions…not so much
I think the roots and history of “how we got here” are well-described. There were some lapses in editing which made for some frustration (hence the 4 star rating).
The real shortfall is a solution. Perhaps this book never intended to provide that, but I think this author could be a needed part of how to move to a better political and American way of life.
I think the roots and history of “how we got here” are well-described. There were some lapses in editing which made for some frustration (hence the 4 star rating).
The real shortfall is a solution. Perhaps this book never intended to provide that, but I think this author could be a needed part of how to move to a better political and American way of life.
April 1, 2021
Brilliant Exposition of the Woke Supremacists
If you want to understand Cancel Culture and the battle for America's soul, you must read this book. Replete with well known examples, it lay outs the Woke Supremacy's agenda and tactics in a concise and thoroughly riveting manner. Evan Sayet has written the must read book of the year.
If you want to understand Cancel Culture and the battle for America's soul, you must read this book. Replete with well known examples, it lay outs the Woke Supremacy's agenda and tactics in a concise and thoroughly riveting manner. Evan Sayet has written the must read book of the year.
April 21, 2021
Great ideas
I was going to title this review "great book", but it is more than just a book. It is a Socratic document. If you finish this book without a few " ah ha" moments or " I didn't know that", and fact check them!!! Which I did and now find myself thinking about how to disseminate to friends and family
I was going to title this review "great book", but it is more than just a book. It is a Socratic document. If you finish this book without a few " ah ha" moments or " I didn't know that", and fact check them!!! Which I did and now find myself thinking about how to disseminate to friends and family
July 9, 2021
Good read. Would recommend.
Very well written and explores a lot of the similarities between socialism and this new "supremacy". My only criticism, learn a bit more about Malcolm X (especially in his final 5 years) before make certain claims. Other than that, very good read.
Very well written and explores a lot of the similarities between socialism and this new "supremacy". My only criticism, learn a bit more about Malcolm X (especially in his final 5 years) before make certain claims. Other than that, very good read.
July 22, 2021
Concise summary of democratic socialism
This book summarizes perfectly where we are at right now. The woke need to awaken! It's too bad the people who need to will never read this book. The rest of us need to pull together and stop this in its tracks.
This book summarizes perfectly where we are at right now. The woke need to awaken! It's too bad the people who need to will never read this book. The rest of us need to pull together and stop this in its tracks.
October 23, 2020
Interesting take on socialism.
January 11, 2021
Excellent appraisal of the woke movement and what it means to our future! A must read!
February 25, 2021
Do not miss this.
I am not a serial review kind of guy. I just say though the perspective was an eye opener. An essay for the times.
I am not a serial review kind of guy. I just say though the perspective was an eye opener. An essay for the times.
June 13, 2021
Amazing. Disturbing. Prescient.
June 20, 2021
The woke
Now I understand who the Woke are. This explains a lot. They are not on my team. That's for sure..
Now I understand who the Woke are. This explains a lot. They are not on my team. That's for sure..
June 28, 2021
The Truth Shall Pre Vail . This fight has just begun .
It was selected because it is a Fact. The Future not only of America but of mankind is in the balance.
It was selected because it is a Fact. The Future not only of America but of mankind is in the balance.
August 8, 2021
Excellent assessment of the radical left
This book calls it like it is. It addresses the rise of socialism in America and discusses the root cause.
This book calls it like it is. It addresses the rise of socialism in America and discusses the root cause.
August 19, 2021
Love this book
Look forward to the follow up book after the election. He really hits the nail on the head and makes it simple to understand what is really going on in society.
Look forward to the follow up book after the election. He really hits the nail on the head and makes it simple to understand what is really going on in society.
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