One of the most consistent and robust findings in all of social science that holds across cultures and over time as far back as the empirical record goes is that there is a robust association between people's ideological commitments and their subjective well-being.

Namely, people who are conservative or religious tend to be much happier, less likely to suffer from

anxiety and depression and other forms of neuroses, find a lot more meaning and purpose in their

life as compared to people who are secular and liberal.

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from a biblical worldview. Hello and welcome to Outstanding, where you can find news and commentary from a biblical worldview.

Hello and welcome to Outstanding, where we have critical conversations about the news of the day

and the ideas that shape us once again. I'm Joseph back home, inviting you to another exercise

in taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. How do we understand what is true,

what is real about the world

that we occupy and live in? The latest election results have people wondering whether

wokeness is on the decline. Now, while we're all generally supportive of efforts to give power from to the powerless,

it didn't seem to be working in practice.

In reality, we were told to listen to rioters rather than to stop them

because they had something important to say.

We had generals in the Pentagon who seemed more interested in understanding white rage than in winning wars.

We were told that looting was the language of the unheard, therefore it needed to be tolerated.

We were told it was racist, xenophobic, and white supremacist to enforce immigration laws.

And recently in Los Angeles County,

we've ended up with rainbow-colored fire hydrants that were excellent at virtue signaling,

but unable to produce any water. That's what we experienced. Are we, however, as a politic, breaking up with wokeness too early? Has it just not been done right, as we like to say about failed ideologies? Or, as my guest today says,

was it perhaps all a ruse? Is it true that wokeness was never really an effort to transfer power from the

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