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The cultural purge also manifests in the sanctification of victimhood, a core aspect of woke ideology. Historically, liberalism championed emancipation, aiming to uplift oppressed groups—women, racial minorities, slaves. But recent trends have inverted this narrative, elevating victim identities to sacred status and prohibiting criticism that challenges these identities. This leads to litmus tests of ideological purity and intolerance for dissent.