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That really has nothing to do with progressives adopting an anti-growth mindset
December 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
That really has nothing to do with progressives adopting an anti-growth mindset
Spoken like someone who hasn't spent much time in US southern border towns.
December 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Spoken like someone who hasn't spent much time in US southern border towns.
Yes, not all bets payoff but it's ok to let failure happen organically
December 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Yes, not all bets payoff but it's ok to let failure happen organically
It worked great for the Soviet Union
December 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It worked great for the Soviet Union
You're redefining DEI to imply it's about promoting equal opportunity when in practice, it's about promoting equal outcomes.
And a lot of the "candidates who don't deserve what they used to get by default" are young people who haven't benefited from any legacy privilege.
And a lot of the "candidates who don't deserve what they used to get by default" are young people who haven't benefited from any legacy privilege.
December 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
You're redefining DEI to imply it's about promoting equal opportunity when in practice, it's about promoting equal outcomes.
And a lot of the "candidates who don't deserve what they used to get by default" are young people who haven't benefited from any legacy privilege.
And a lot of the "candidates who don't deserve what they used to get by default" are young people who haven't benefited from any legacy privilege.
Almost every Fortune 500 CEO cites AI as transformational and are investing heavily in in-house AI capabilities.
You may personally disagree with AI effectiveness but it's clearly here to stay.
You may personally disagree with AI effectiveness but it's clearly here to stay.
December 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Almost every Fortune 500 CEO cites AI as transformational and are investing heavily in in-house AI capabilities.
You may personally disagree with AI effectiveness but it's clearly here to stay.
You may personally disagree with AI effectiveness but it's clearly here to stay.
Most new technologies take time to achieve profitability, all the more reason why government policy should encourage innovation instead of trying to kill it in the cradle.
December 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Most new technologies take time to achieve profitability, all the more reason why government policy should encourage innovation instead of trying to kill it in the cradle.
Racism is always the fallback argument with folks whenever someone says we should seek to provide equal opportunity, not equal outcome.
I can't tell if you're legitimately confused or trained to assume any opposition is rooted in racism.
I can't tell if you're legitimately confused or trained to assume any opposition is rooted in racism.
December 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Racism is always the fallback argument with folks whenever someone says we should seek to provide equal opportunity, not equal outcome.
I can't tell if you're legitimately confused or trained to assume any opposition is rooted in racism.
I can't tell if you're legitimately confused or trained to assume any opposition is rooted in racism.
Norway is a country, not a state. It also benefits from being historically homogeneous.
December 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Norway is a country, not a state. It also benefits from being historically homogeneous.
The validity of drug boat destruction has nothing to do with being able to ship goods to and from overseas markets without fear of pirates hijacking the cargo ships.
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The validity of drug boat destruction has nothing to do with being able to ship goods to and from overseas markets without fear of pirates hijacking the cargo ships.
That's mostly a media driven fiction. Citizens get detained everyday for various reasons.
December 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
That's mostly a media driven fiction. Citizens get detained everyday for various reasons.
The parallel is that both are intended to discriminate against certain groups of people, despite Jom Crow being entirely codified by law and wokeness being partially codified by law.
December 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The parallel is that both are intended to discriminate against certain groups of people, despite Jom Crow being entirely codified by law and wokeness being partially codified by law.
I'm providing counterexamples to your argument that whites are inherently privileged. One would expect that would lead to anyone who could claim to be white to do so, which is not what's happening.
Again, wokes tend to disengage when counterpoints are brought up that threaten their worldview.
Again, wokes tend to disengage when counterpoints are brought up that threaten their worldview.
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I'm providing counterexamples to your argument that whites are inherently privileged. One would expect that would lead to anyone who could claim to be white to do so, which is not what's happening.
Again, wokes tend to disengage when counterpoints are brought up that threaten their worldview.
Again, wokes tend to disengage when counterpoints are brought up that threaten their worldview.
Asians always trip up the woke. The woke hierarchy dictates that as non-whites they are oppressed. However, they outperform all groups (including whites) in areas like education, earnings, crime etc.. which threatens the whole premise.
So wokesters tend to sidestep them entirely, as you just did.
So wokesters tend to sidestep them entirely, as you just did.
December 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Asians always trip up the woke. The woke hierarchy dictates that as non-whites they are oppressed. However, they outperform all groups (including whites) in areas like education, earnings, crime etc.. which threatens the whole premise.
So wokesters tend to sidestep them entirely, as you just did.
So wokesters tend to sidestep them entirely, as you just did.
Also, where do Asians fit in your analysis? Are they oppressors or part of they oppressed?
December 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Also, where do Asians fit in your analysis? Are they oppressors or part of they oppressed?
If that were true, you wouldn't see the movement of people to disassociate with being white. Why would someone like Elizabeth Warren claim to be Native American or why is there a movement to create a new MENA race independent from whites?
December 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
If that were true, you wouldn't see the movement of people to disassociate with being white. Why would someone like Elizabeth Warren claim to be Native American or why is there a movement to create a new MENA race independent from whites?
I literally just did. It's essentialism. Putting people on a hierarchy based on race, sex, or gender and designing policies to promote certain groups over others.
Taking an organization that's 90% white and trying to make it 50% white, would be an example.
Taking an organization that's 90% white and trying to make it 50% white, would be an example.
December 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I literally just did. It's essentialism. Putting people on a hierarchy based on race, sex, or gender and designing policies to promote certain groups over others.
Taking an organization that's 90% white and trying to make it 50% white, would be an example.
Taking an organization that's 90% white and trying to make it 50% white, would be an example.
It's an inherent flaw in progressive thinking that racial groups are homogeneous. Latino Americans stand to benefit from a crackdown on illegal immigration equally as other Americans.
Someone who is descended from Mexican immigrants doesn't inherently want infinity immigrants from Guatemala
Someone who is descended from Mexican immigrants doesn't inherently want infinity immigrants from Guatemala
December 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
It's an inherent flaw in progressive thinking that racial groups are homogeneous. Latino Americans stand to benefit from a crackdown on illegal immigration equally as other Americans.
Someone who is descended from Mexican immigrants doesn't inherently want infinity immigrants from Guatemala
Someone who is descended from Mexican immigrants doesn't inherently want infinity immigrants from Guatemala
The flaw in your explanation is that you're using racial characteristics to define who is getting a bad deal or a good deal.
A white guy getting a benefit in 1950 doesn't mean that we should discriminate against a white guy in 2025. Whites don't have inherent super powers that need to be limited.
A white guy getting a benefit in 1950 doesn't mean that we should discriminate against a white guy in 2025. Whites don't have inherent super powers that need to be limited.
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The flaw in your explanation is that you're using racial characteristics to define who is getting a bad deal or a good deal.
A white guy getting a benefit in 1950 doesn't mean that we should discriminate against a white guy in 2025. Whites don't have inherent super powers that need to be limited.
A white guy getting a benefit in 1950 doesn't mean that we should discriminate against a white guy in 2025. Whites don't have inherent super powers that need to be limited.
Wokeness promotes racial, sexual, and gender essentialism to the detriment of white males.
So when the other poster was mocking white men for being against wokeness, I brought up a counterpoint that Jim Crow (which works to the detriment of blacks) would be equally unpopular with that group.
So when the other poster was mocking white men for being against wokeness, I brought up a counterpoint that Jim Crow (which works to the detriment of blacks) would be equally unpopular with that group.
December 29, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Wokeness promotes racial, sexual, and gender essentialism to the detriment of white males.
So when the other poster was mocking white men for being against wokeness, I brought up a counterpoint that Jim Crow (which works to the detriment of blacks) would be equally unpopular with that group.
So when the other poster was mocking white men for being against wokeness, I brought up a counterpoint that Jim Crow (which works to the detriment of blacks) would be equally unpopular with that group.
"This man wants colorblindness and everyone to have equal opportunity, not equal outcomes. He must be a racist"
December 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
"This man wants colorblindness and everyone to have equal opportunity, not equal outcomes. He must be a racist"
I appreciate your pivot from "it's happening and it's a good thing" to "it's not happening at all".
That's usually what happens with DEI discourse, by the way.
That's usually what happens with DEI discourse, by the way.
December 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I appreciate your pivot from "it's happening and it's a good thing" to "it's not happening at all".
That's usually what happens with DEI discourse, by the way.
That's usually what happens with DEI discourse, by the way.
You'll find I care more about creating effective organizations than creating equitable racial workforces.
Your assumption that whites are inherently more qualified than blacks is your premise, not mine.
Your assumption that whites are inherently more qualified than blacks is your premise, not mine.
December 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
You'll find I care more about creating effective organizations than creating equitable racial workforces.
Your assumption that whites are inherently more qualified than blacks is your premise, not mine.
Your assumption that whites are inherently more qualified than blacks is your premise, not mine.
Interestingly, for being a supposed racist, Trump increased his percentage of the non-white voters from 2016 to 2020 and again from 2020 to 2024.
I know it's popular among certain circles to envision Trump and his supporters as racists, but that doesn't seem to jive with reality.
I know it's popular among certain circles to envision Trump and his supporters as racists, but that doesn't seem to jive with reality.
December 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Interestingly, for being a supposed racist, Trump increased his percentage of the non-white voters from 2016 to 2020 and again from 2020 to 2024.
I know it's popular among certain circles to envision Trump and his supporters as racists, but that doesn't seem to jive with reality.
I know it's popular among certain circles to envision Trump and his supporters as racists, but that doesn't seem to jive with reality.
Shocker: Black guy opposes Jim Crow
December 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Shocker: Black guy opposes Jim Crow