Somehow I fail to see a line from the civil rights movement to smash-and-grab late capitalism. Diversity happened a long time ago, treating minorities ever-so-s

Somehow I fail to see a line from the civil rights movement to smash-and-grab late capitalism. Diversity happened a long time ago, treating minorities ever-so-slightly more like human beings fails the smell check for the cause of a crumbling distribution of rewards for hard work and innovation. If I had to point to a single set of policies that I’d call an “own goal” it’s making it difficult for brilliant people to live and work in the West generally and the US in particular. Yeah, get your world-class technical education here and then get the fuck out of my country and into the H1-B maze. Apparently we’ve got top people on that one.