They will get louder, take up prominent positions and ensure any value that is created flows to them for their credit (“I’m a leader, I don’t have to know anything!”).
Any value that bypasses them will be shut down, derided or starved of oxygen.
Yeah Enrique Tarrio isn’t in the Proud Boys because Katanji Brown Jackson stole his spot at Harvard. And Stuart Rhodes went to Yale. Yes, that guy. Spare me. Show me one single white man babies denied a thing they deserved because Michelle Obama went to Ivy League schools. DEI =definitely earned it.
Keep Blaming Black people. They’ll never admit it’s the billionaires and corporations controlling our political and economic apparatuses that are the problem
The cope will be off the charts. Immeasurable amounts of cope. New words will be required to describe the cope. It will be the copest cope that ever coped a cope.
their positions and beliefs are driven by pure emotion (hatred, mostly) but they consider themselves to be the serious thinkers despite their obvious hypocrisy. the great awakening for them? it's never coming.
Oh, they're planning for that. That's why these anti-"DEI" orders emphasize the idea of people "secretly" doing DEI - the Trump administration plans to go after any company that doesn't hire enough white men
rationally: hate a society where food, medicine, housing isn't available to all no matter how mediocre. And then do with that hatred what they will.
But probably not.
They will deny, then deny, then deny some more. Blaming anything outside themselves all the while. Introspection and realization will remain beyond the capability of mediocrities.
Nothing. They will congratulate each other on their mediocre performance and be certain that their subpar performance is better than what came before them.
I wasn’t gonna say it but I don’t see it and I’m kind of shocked. We have seen this when disenfranchisement isn’t quenching their thirst anymore they kill people, and create laws to justify it.
How many towns still have sundown laws they will start enforcing….
They'll lie.
Then then bullshit up another excuse to target the next group they hate.
And their happy little money-grubbing social media and newsroom pals will play along.
Are we sure? With all those qualified candidates once again stripped out of competition, the mediocrities can rise again. I mean, isn’t that who we’re already seeing elevated?
They'll just keep blaming others until we starve from lack of food (or diseased food), or freeze to death due to lack od natural gas to heat our homes. And then they'll blame us "DEI" for that.
We all have pluses and minuses when it comes to various privilege characteristics even though some populations are historically much more marginalized. By educating folks on these nuances, DEI objectives become more relatable and there would be broader support. https://rachelcottam.com/2024/06/27/what-is-the-wheel-of-privilege-and-power/
They will find another acronym and make up some crappy story to go along with it -OR- they'll stick their fingers in their ears and holler, 'nah, nah, nah, nah, I can't hear you". What they won't do is admit their mistake.
They will never recognize it. Don’t forget they think Trump was the best president ever. He could serve up a plate of excrement and the would happily eat it.
When one of them has a good thing (in their mind) happen, after their "purge" they will say it is because of the purge.
When (inevitably) the kack-handed fascists make things worse, they will find new things to blame, perhaps even more ephemeral like political affiliation or favorite sports team.
Nothing. They enacted and practice an ethno centric ‘system’ in Malaysia for decades , they don’t care - the aim is aimless & simply grievance driven. They just want to maintain the ’vote’
😢 I’m trying to not be totally disillusioned at this point but it’s so damn hard because I’m out of the Matrix, I see it for real, the racism, the inequality, the greed , the corruption. The fucking selfishness.
It’s just that I am originally from New Orleans, & some/many people don’t know the history.
Including italians who voted for Trump. They think racism is just about African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans.
It happened in New Orleans
You’re right. A lot don’t know and it’s important. That said, I always try to approach this history with the caveat that it’s not a comparison to the experience of any other demographic. If anything, it’s an example of how essentially a PR campaign can change public perception.
And now PR campaigns that targeted broad groups can microtarget individuals because of masses of data on them.. & scaled up to the millions with AI.
It can be used to convince people to purchase, or to hate:
Latter case is a WMD
BOLO: The Intention Economy
This! I just don’t understand how they are all so brainwashed to the point that they think DEI (and immigrants/bathrooms) are the ‘problems’ that will help THEIR lives be better? The 1% really has done an amazing job with the propaganda over the last 40ish years.
My guess is that since they have clearly been mediocre and racist, sexist, etc. all along, they’ll think that everything has been put back just the way it should be.
They’ve got a whole line of scapegoats in play. When they realize DEI is a distraction, it’s trans people and migrants for now. When trans people are gone and migrants are in camps, the rest of the LGBT, people who aren’t white, and, of course, fascists love hating Jews.
I would also add… that the people going after DEI are all white men that I can see or people that want to be safe from those white men, maybe even be one of them and feel superior. These white men after DEI often have been accused of SA, or other crimes. Qualified ppl means they can’t just do w.e.
Everybody should know they’re not going after DEI because they truly think it is unfair. They’re just upset that women or non white people might do their job better than they ever could. Racism and sexism should be over by now. Our nation should be more mature than this, and less narrow minded.
Maybe the fact that they AREN'T is why he's throwing them that bone. All the kudos and crazymaking, none of the impact. Maybe people will finally make genderless AI avatars, and "identifying features removal AI" for all in person and written hiring processes. True blind hiring.
It’ll be after the economy crashes, and they realize that if they had kept a few of the “smart one”s (Byron Donalds, etc.), they might have seen it coming.
They will get worse of course. They’ll make their own laws making it illegal for minorities to work in certain positions. Women for example - read Handmaids Tale - it shows us white people what POC have been dealing with for hundreds of years.
I always think if someone can land in this country with nothing but the shirt on their back and still do your job better than you... maybe *you're* the problem.
Price of eggs continues upward. They’ll be easily distracted by maga’s media apparatus.
But I too am curious to see when their precious heritage foundation ED-209 finally implodes =
what are they going to do when the best people for the job won't get it because they're not white men and they're left with incompetents. i hope they enjoy being examined by a doctor who barely passed their exams
During the ECig Wars that Public Health Orgs waged on them We hoped Science of Harm Reduction would sway them -Nope. ECigs and products were banned for Shipment by the USPS. UPS and FedEx followed suit. btw you can still ship tobacco products
Likely they'll be promoted into the spots the qualified and experienced 'diversity hires' leave open when fired for... (checks notes) "Not Being White or Male."
Mediocrities hire mediocrities - either because they don't want competition or because they don't realise they themselves are mediocre (and so can't recognise expertise). Been seeing it in academia since...
Reminds me of an acquaintance who gave an annoying yt coworker (who asked for a soulfood recipe) instructions for fried ice cream. When she came back to work, Monday, with burns on both arms, he told her she didn't get the oil hot enough... 🤣😂😂😂
They'll find something else, anything at all, before even entertaining the idea that maybe, just maybe, their ignorance, stupidity and poor decision making is what's leading them to grief.
When they run into reality, they panic and double down. They’ll blame more sub-groups or professionals—doctors, teachers & meteorologists—for ruining the country. They’ll lie. Bc the goals is white supremacy & oligarchy
They’ll relegate every Black American to servile, minimum wage, jobs and save Wall Street for their “meritocracy” (this way they can still get the joy when they discriminate, only against the “white trash” they already look down on)😶🤬
the bar will be lower and a substandard performance will be applauded by other mediocrities and the emperor will have no clothes but look splendid in them.
Their made up problems will simply disappear. Or they will find another scapegoat. It’s all an act. They aren’t worried about the price of eggs either.
Try to find something else to blame for their shortcomings and on which to focus their Troglodyte rage. There will rarely if ever be a "Eureka!" or Road to Damascus lightning strike of transformative insight with them, especially if they interweave it with knee-jerk "Republican Jesus" worship.
Blame Hillary's email's for making them lack the skill and/or education levels necessary. Which to be fair, those emails did make them lose what little sense they had to begin with.
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Any value that bypasses them will be shut down, derided or starved of oxygen.
….in my experience.
”When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
Between racism and the Dunning Kruger effect, the Michael Scotts of the world can coast indefinitely.
But probably not.
As in “not this old timey racist bullshit again”.
How many towns still have sundown laws they will start enforcing….
same as it ever was in the USA.
Then then bullshit up another excuse to target the next group they hate.
And their happy little money-grubbing social media and newsroom pals will play along.
Ad infinitum.
If the above isn't the first thing that pops into your head then my heart goes out to you (in a non Elon way 😅) because you are not ready.
When (inevitably) the kack-handed fascists make things worse, they will find new things to blame, perhaps even more ephemeral like political affiliation or favorite sports team.
“It’s the Italians. And the Irish!”
…really great place it is 😡
Including italians who voted for Trump. They think racism is just about African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans.
It happened in New Orleans
https://www.history.com/news/the-grisly-story-of-americas-largest-lynching
It can be used to convince people to purchase, or to hate:
Latter case is a WMD
BOLO: The Intention Economy
https://hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/ujvharkk
like they always do.
Rant.
Yell at the television.
It would be like convincing a narcissist to have an enlightening moment of self reflection...
It’ll be after the economy crashes, and they realize that if they had kept a few of the “smart one”s (Byron Donalds, etc.), they might have seen it coming.
I always think if someone can land in this country with nothing but the shirt on their back and still do your job better than you... maybe *you're* the problem.
Yea
But I too am curious to see when their precious heritage foundation ED-209 finally implodes =