‘Wisdom’: Elon Musk praises former Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong’s critique of woke culture

“In the West, they have a movement called wokeness, where you are super sensitive about other people’s issues, and you become hypersensitive when other people somehow or others say things or mention things or refer to you, without the respect which you or your super subgroup feel you are entitled to,” Lee told reporters.

He warned that this movement leads to “extreme attitudes and social norms” in academic institutions, citing examples such as the practice of preferred gender pronouns and safe spaces, which refers to designated places where marginalised communities are protected from discrimination, harassment or exclusion.

“Life becomes very burdensome, and I do not think we want to go in that direction. It does not make us a more resilient, cohesive society with a strong sense of solidarity. We must be more robust,” he said.