Jordan Peterson Explains Bionicle Wokeness

BIONICLE PIRAKA The Guardian Maoris win Lego battle

Jordan Peterson and Joe Rogan discuss favorite Bionicle characters in a podcast-style split-screen video. The conversation becomes absurd when Peterson claims that “Makuta” means postmodern neo-Marxism and invents a story about Māori people suing LEGO, parodying anti-woke outrage and conspiracy-style misinformation. Bionicle commercials and characters appear above the speakers, with synthetic-sounding podcast audio and music reinforcing the deliberately chaotic joke.

Which bionicle do you like the most? I really still like the classics. Takanuva, Tahu. I don't know. Well, axon. I really liked axon. And oh, Piraka. Remember Piraka? Yeah, vicious creatures, those Piraka. Yeah, yeah, but they were cool still, like remember the rap. Yes, I remember the rap. It's like they were possessed. Did you know that Makuta is just the Maori, you know, the Maori word for postmodern neo-Marxism? I had no idea. Is that true? Jamie, pull that up. Is that true? You bet your ass it is true. It says here that in 2001 the Maori people of Polynesia won a lawsuit against Lego for exploiting their culture. Yeah, so sad. It really makes me angry. This is what wokeness has done to our society. I mean, truly. I can't even have my original bionicle names. Yeah, yeah. Oh, and the Borek, those one were the shit. Pull the commercial up, Jamie. Orakhan, six new reasons to hide.

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