Citations:get woke, go broke

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Expressing the belief that businesses which cater to social justice causes end up suffering financially

• 2018 June 17, Rick Moran, “U. of Missouri Continues to Bleed Students and Money After 2015 Protests”, in PJ Media‎^[1]:

  "Get woke, go broke" is a Glenn Reynoldsism. At the University of Missouri, they've been living those words for three years.

• 2018 June 21, Steve Straub, “Starbucks Just Learned a Hard Lesson About Social Justice”, in The Federalist Papers‎^[2]:

  This downturn is the fault of the companies senior executives who have chosen to focus on social justice instead of business. As Professor Glenn Reynolds says “get woke, go broke!”

• 2018 October 15, Celine Ryan, “University of Colorado plans "geek" masculinity panel”, in Campus Reform‎^[3]:

  “When I saw the talking points, it was the first time I had heard of '‘geek’ masculinity.' My first thought was ‘Get Woke, Go Broke,’” the eSports president said, referencing the notion that companies and institutions often suffer financially after espousing left-leaning political positions.

• 2022 March 2, John F. Trent, “YouTuber Living Anachronism Claims It’s Much More Valuable For Amazon To Corrupt The Lord Of The Rings Than It Will Be Profitable”, in Bounding Into Comics‎^[4]:

  Finally, the idea of Get Woke, Go Broke might not literally apply to Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power due to the way Amazon structures its business, but the idea of the meme still applies. If you go woke like The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powers is clearly doing, you do go broke, it might not just be financially. In this case, the show is going broke culturally.