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I don’t know about that specific legislation. The effect you describe makes me think that business and government are, in fact, right leaning. When left-wing gr
by ttyprintk 6y ago
I don’t know about that specific legislation. The effect you describe makes me think that business and government are, in fact, right leaning.
When left-wing groups agree with right-leaning govt and business, perhaps the general public is a bit wary of bipartisan policies. An argument like: If it’s popular among partisans of both parties, then it must be particularly exploitative of the general public.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoProp 16 was certainly not a bipartisan policy - the Republican party strongly opposed it, and all their legislators voted against it.
- bena 6y agoProp 16 was a repeal of a previous amendment to the state constitution that effectively banned Affirmative Action in the state for public positions. Basically, if Prop 16 passed, various public sector jobs would be able to consider race/sex/whatever when looking to hire. That's technically a double-edged sword. As while it allows for things like Affirmative Action, it also allows for discrimination based on those attributes as well. So I can see a perfectly reasonable reason while progressives would also be wary about passing Prop 16.