Making the Argument with Nick Freitas Has Wokeism Peaked?
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Oct 23, 2025 The hosts explore whether wokeism has truly peaked or is just evolving. They discuss declining trends in transgender identification among youth and how social pressures have shifted. Hollywood's influence wanes, with audience losses attributed to woke reboots. Higher education faces credibility crises and enrollment drops, while corporate media experiences traffic decline. A political backlash against fast-paced trans activism is noted. Ultimately, they argue that while tactics may shift, core ideologies might persist in new forms.
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Wokeism's Rapid Rise And Potential Peak
- Wokeism rose rapidly through decades-long academic and cultural shifts before peaking around 2020–2021.
- The hosts argue multiple metrics now show a sharp decline rather than a slow fall.
College-Age Surge Then Drop In Trans Identities
- Professor Jean Twenge found transgender and non-binary identification spiked for those born around 1999–2004 then plunged for cohorts born after 2004.
- Hosts use high-school and college examples to argue social influence and peer pressure drove the surge.
Student Petition Example Of Backlash
- Nick described a high-school student organizing petitions to keep boys out of girls' bathrooms as evidence of cultural pushback.
- He sees that moment as a clear shift from caution to active resistance in liberal counties.