Why? Wouldn't it make more sense to blame these organizations "now-demonstrated to have been performative", as DEI's critics have been (performatively?) accusing them to be for so long? Or would that count as performative too?
This comment got me thinking how relative the centre is to your experience, ideology, and perhaps the particular policies being referenced.
From my vantage point the US has never in my lifetime been remotely left of centre, they are moving from right to slightly further right.
DEI hiring is of course an easy target. It's a weak policy to tackle a complicated problem with obvious flaws and no track record of success. I think a truly left wing society would have quickly replaced it with more direct policies to hit generational poverty - EU style public education comes to mind.
Political activism requires the entity to give a damn. Google doesn't. It was marketing to strengthen the Google brand. Now more money is to be made by sucking up to the Trump regime. Hence, that's what entities whose only real goal is greed do.
> Especially the “E” in DEI (equity), which means equality of outcomes, and is a rebrand of discrimination.
Do we still do 'citation needed' around here? Find me one serious person who has ever argued for equality of outcomes. Even fucking Lenin said "He who does not work shall not eat".
Writing as a person who wants the future to be a better place, the number one pass time of progressives is complaining about other progressives. The number two pass time is complaining about conservatives.
Anyway, my complaint is that a lot of DEI flavored stuff is very very lazy.
A fundamental issue is that once a person has been raised, you don't get to raise them again. You can't parent a grown person - even if they need more parenting. Social punishment only works inside a socially cohesive group. The shame and anxiety you create with social punishment may be exploited by someone else.
Anyway, I'm sure some DEI groups are coming to terms with why anti-woke trolling is so effective, and I hope they find a good way to tell that story.
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[ 5.0 ms ] story [ 42.2 ms ] threadGetting lost in the narratives at this point.
From my vantage point the US has never in my lifetime been remotely left of centre, they are moving from right to slightly further right.
DEI hiring is of course an easy target. It's a weak policy to tackle a complicated problem with obvious flaws and no track record of success. I think a truly left wing society would have quickly replaced it with more direct policies to hit generational poverty - EU style public education comes to mind.
Do we still do 'citation needed' around here? Find me one serious person who has ever argued for equality of outcomes. Even fucking Lenin said "He who does not work shall not eat".
Anyway, my complaint is that a lot of DEI flavored stuff is very very lazy.
A fundamental issue is that once a person has been raised, you don't get to raise them again. You can't parent a grown person - even if they need more parenting. Social punishment only works inside a socially cohesive group. The shame and anxiety you create with social punishment may be exploited by someone else.
Anyway, I'm sure some DEI groups are coming to terms with why anti-woke trolling is so effective, and I hope they find a good way to tell that story.