Wokeness Retreats to Consensus

The article argues a new phase of 'wokeness' is emerging in which public actors double down on consensus, authority and identity as the primary means of settling disputed facts, rather than transparent evidence and forensic standards. This shift turns debates about justice into contests over who has the socially sanctioned status to be believed, and pushes argument away from method and toward ritualized trust. — If true, the shift changes where public fights happen — from evidence production (courts, archives, science) to status and narrative control (media, institutions, symbolic politics).