Greenwashing is what comes to my mind when I read about these policies. No change in society has come to us as a gift of goodwill from the powerful.
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Or whitewashing, in a racial/racist sense.
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And these insincere measures are reversed in the blink of an eye. Of course, first there is work to win people’s hearts and minds, but as soon as the land is plowed, fertilized and sown, the reaction comes quickly. But what amazes me these days was really the speed at which these changes occurred and the confident smile of someone who is going to trample on others.
They don’t even pretend to do anything anymore, they act as if the policies of inclusion, respect, etc. They were placed there just to irritate others, who were not benefiting and, consequently, the entire society.
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Racism is just a changing same.
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Yes. They aren´t ashamed to do something that the other day was a reprehensible conduct at the very least. And people even celebrate, as if they were previously living in a bloodthirsty tyranny. and now freedom has spread its wings over everyone, except these whining minorities who want everything handed to them.
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I know a lot of it, like printing rainbow beer cans or candy celebrating various groups, was just cynical corporate slacktivism, but presumably actual company DEI policies would serve a real function and have real consequences for those who broke them. They’d serve to protect vulnerable groups whether the businesses were sincere or not. Against their will, progress was being made and enforced.
Now they know that no higher power is going to swoop down and force them to behave. I suspect it’s going to go far, far beyond eliminating DEI, once they realize what the government will soon allow them to get away with. I’m thinking horrible safety conditions, quality control and worker exploitation that the USA hasn’t seen since the Industrial Revolution.
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Back to the good days of the gilded age.
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Nothing is more manly than saying it’s your mom’s fault.
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(Okay, it’s even more manly to blame your mom while you’re living in her basement…)
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According to The New Yorker, six Silicon Valley writers met with Astro Teller in a conference room at X. Immediately, writer Carrie Kemper said the meeting was “uncomfortable.”
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“His message was, ‘We don’t do stupid things here. We do things that actually are going to change the world, whether you choose to make fun of that or not,’ ” Kemper told The New Yorker.The New Yorker added that Teller left the room “in a huff.” But he had trouble getting out in part because he was wearing Rollerblades to the meeting.
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Where’s my laughing emoji!
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