It's not that people don't understand, it's that they are too cowardly to step back & take an honest look at what they have supported & what sort of person they have become.
You can't correct problems that you can't be honest about.
#DEI #politics #merit
This is a good example. However, there are layers to this issue. One being our country’s obsession with labels. Asking applicants to identify themselves as black white latino asian, when all are born in the states is one of the roots of this problem.
I would be curious how much of the asking has to do with govt policies in the first place.
But the reality is that businesses should be able to hire or fire people for any reason, with no risk of govt involvement in the matter. A person should be able to quit a job for any reason with the same assurance. People cannot be justly obligated to go on trading with each other if the trade becomes undesirable to either party, unless there was some very clearly defined contractual obligation.
If a new boss doesn't like cultural differences, they should be free to hire based on race, or whatever else, & suffer the consequences, or reap the rewards, whatever they may be.
Sounds about right. The business owner carries the greatest risk in my opinion. Therefore, what matters is that the employees will make the biz grow and be profitable. Doesn’t matter what background.
I say a better path is for more Americans of all backgrounds to take ownership and start their own businesses or startups as opposed to being an “employee” and even worse a “dei hire”. (Although nothing wrong with working for the man if you must, I did for a long time.)
merit matters, no question
representation also matters, and especially so for children
both are true
and of course governing people harder has generally made the situation worse
If there are market niches not properly served then removing obstacles & quotas & regulations is the only way to make it more likely that someone wil serve them.
Idk what sort of representation a person can possibly feel entitled to (in any just manner) beyond the basic respect for property rights & freedom of speech & not being forced to pay for permission to produce & earn a living.
Of course. That’s ideal. Even a form of utopia it would seem, in the face of what is.
I don’t know where you live or what the culture is there. Where I currently live, merit isn’t really the issue in most cases in daily life because there are lots of smart, capable people with experience and integrity from all sorts of backgrounds whose individual merit is more than up to the task. Other forms of competition are present like class based networks and generational wealth that tend to overpower any other measure of merit.
Also, I’m not calling anyone to govern and regulate harder. I do suspect unjust laws and unjust enforcement are two of the biggest obstacles to human flourishing.
It’s probably a conversation that isn’t easily memed with sufficient depth.
