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I’m not sure how this is the center. We have devolved into something else. This is an expression of the tight control this authoritarian government holds on business. What we’re stumbling toward is possibly white nationalism. It’s not just the crackdowns on free speech, which are now commonplace, but mass deportation and concentration camps. I get that DEI is a conservative talking point but what’s taking shape before our eyes is far more sinister than just a rollback of Democrat identity politics.

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White nationalism is the neutral state of the United States, hence the misperception of a return to “the center”.

How does meritocracy and color-blind hiring lead to white nationalism, mass deportation and concentration camps? Are you suggesting that foreign-born population would fail if judged on merit? That seems like quite a leap.

Google’s DEI rollback might seem like it’s just an example of liberal-conservative culture war but what’s happening is more sinister than that. We should read it in context. A mega-corp strategically bowing before the government like this is an example of the growing authoritarianism as the US leans further toward white nationalism. The concentration camps and mass deportations are already occurring. Stripping racial minorities of citizenship is looking to be the next step - which may seem implausible until you consider how effective this regime has been at collapsing the checks and balances on its powers.

White nationalism? Dude fuck off

Numerous officials in the current administration including prominent financiers have expressed white nationalist, Christian nationalist, authoritarian and anti-democratic views. At this point we’re willfully sticking our heads in the sand if we think this isn’t what’s going on.

Blah, blah, blah. Get out and touch grass. Fear-mongering if at its finest.

Ethno-nationalism has spreading across the global north contributing to the decay of democratic and the rise of “illiberal democracy”. There are many ways to react to this. Fear, denial, touching grass - they aren’t your only options. You can try to do something about it. Even if you don’t change much, it feels good to stand up for what’s right. It feels better than fear and denial, if you ask me.

Those are the choices now.

Software has to be developed entirely (or practically so. European descendant people are ~15% of the global population so representation above that size is clear systemic/latent racism) by Africans or you're a Nazi. No compromise is possible or moral.

Many who aren’t Nazis oppose DEI. But Google bowing to the government is more than just a conservative talking point. It’s the latest example of the cowing of business by an authoritarian government. The current government is at odds with those who oppose both DEI and authoritarianism, even as it dismantles DEI.

How is opposing DEI not ideologically aligned with the nazis? As I pointed out not trying to correct white overrepresentation is racism.

Interesting POV. Many today who oppose DEI are indeed racists - I think that’s clear. But some opponents may be unaware of the pervasiveness of systematic racism, or might differ on the best way to address it, or may have other reasons for their beliefs - reasons that probably aren't all reducible to racism.

Just because you don't know you're being racist doesn't mean you aren't being racist. That's what systematic racism means.

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