For woke activists, democracy is not an existing system of government but a utopia of justice: their vision of democracy truly exists only when “justice” is realised. The logic is similar to historical socialism with its communist utopia. Justice is defined as an ideal state in which collective equality of outcome is achieved.109
Woke activists often use “our democracy” as a slogan. This “democracy” denotes a particular attitude: positions opposing woke goals are discredited as “undemocratic”, “conspiracy-theoretical”, “populist”, or “right-wing extremist”, even if supported by large sections of the population. “Democracy” serves as a code for utopian ideas independent of actual election outcomes. This “democracy” is inspired by the allegedly democratic propaganda of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Those who call themselves “democrats” often feel threatened by political ideas that allegedly weaken “democracy”. As representatives of a “militant democracy”, they see themselves entitled to combat allegedly anti-democratic tendencies with repressive means (see Tolerance and Right-Wing Extremism).
From the woke side, panic is deliberately spread through false comparisons with the political situation of the 1930s to legitimise their own politics and brand oppositional politics as right-wing extremist.110 This also occurs as an end in itself: in the fight against allegedly anti-democratic threats, large amounts of taxpayer money are demanded. To combat allegedly problematic attitudes, the “civil society” is to be courted by the state.111