I first remember “woke” as being used to denote the same concept as “red-pilled”.
I have the same issue.
Maybe I am old and terminally confused. But I see this term used two opposite ways:
Some percentage of people use "woke" to mean red-pilled -- they grasp the Deep State, they see the Establishment, they want to reclaim their country.
Some percentage of people use "woke" to mean Committed Social Justice Warrior -- OrangeManBad, White people are the problem, Black Lives Matter, illegal aliens deserve to have more rights than US citizens.
Someone is using the term incorrectly. I don't think it's just a few people either. When someone says "woke", I have no idea which camp they belong to.