One thing this article would have benefitted from was a discussion with the Time's expert Masha Gessen, whose book on Russia's descent into authoritarianism describes the conflicted relationship would-be authoritarians have with sociology. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/us/florida-social-sciences-progressive-ideas.html?smid=url-share
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Folks who conceded that "DEI" may have gone too far helped this along.