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It wasn't woke then, because woke wasn't made up yet
Woken was first used in the 1930s to encourage black Americans and other minority groups to be aware of the prejudice and discrimination against them by white Americans.
It's more like the term hadn't become a catchall phrase for the right to dismiss all forms of injustice without having to engage with the actual issue.
It's especially pathetic seeing European right wing politicians use the phrase. It's always fun to challenge them to define it because they can't.