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Post by centimeter » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 1:04 AM UTC

malwrar wrote: post #173

centimeter wrote: post #91

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It's a good idea to stop and think why megacorps all uniformly support modern social justice movements. Beneficial side effects include: * Racial diversity decreases worker cohesion and therefore unionization risk. * Dozens of reasons to get canceled means that anyone who has a social following can be torn down if they pose a threat.

I think it’s more likely emergent behavior born of individual executives making decisions that benefit their image and career, rather than some conspiracy. Having a diverse team looks good and deflects the political eye of Sauron from the largely white male upper management types, who are de-facto racists/sexists/etc in the pop culture lens. Who knows, maybe some of them genuinely believe that preferential hiring of…

Post by alistairSH » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 1:04 AM UTC

teruakohatu wrote: post #83

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It's more complicated than that. Jeff Bezos has a lot of money and relatively little political power. You can't just be rich; you also have to be in the right social groups. If money truly equaled political power, we'd look more like Hong Kong pre-1997 (and arguably pre-2020).

> relatively little political power He bought a newspaper. I would say he has plenty of political power.

Post by seneca » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 1:04 AM UTC

krallja wrote: post #207

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I think it’s more likely emergent behavior born of individual executives making decisions that benefit their image and career, rather than some conspiracy. Having a diverse team looks good and deflects the political eye of Sauron from the largely white male upper management types, who are de-facto racists/sexists/etc in the pop culture lens. Who knows, maybe some of them genuinely believe that preferential hiring of…

As a (very!) low level manager, I’ve been espousing that diversity prevents groupthink for years. If we have too much groupthink, we risk driving off a cliff, high-fiving each other the whole way down.

Post by zouhair » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 1:06 AM UTC

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I like the guy but I disagree with his fatalism. If we managed as human beings to curtail what was considered normal for millennia, to wit slave trade, we can also make things way better. We need to start by making it illegal to be a billionaire.

> We need to start by making it illegal to be a billionaire. I’m listening. What does this law look like?

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 1:06 AM UTC

zouhair wrote: post #181

fireeyed wrote: post #18

"Its a big club and you ain't in it" - George Carlin Politicians + Government Lackeys, Media Hacks + Corrupt Wall Street + Think Tanks + 'not for profits' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKUaqFzZLxU

I like the guy but I disagree with his fatalism. If we managed as human beings to curtail what was considered normal for millennia, to wit slave trade, we can also make things way better. We need to start by making it illegal to be a billionaire.