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US companies systematically push US cultural beliefs and expectations. People in the US probably don’t notice it any more, but it’s pretty obvious from those of
by felipeerias 3y ago
US companies systematically push US cultural beliefs and expectations. People in the US probably don’t notice it any more, but it’s pretty obvious from those of us on the receiving end of US cultural domination.
This fact is an unavoidable consequence of the socioeconomic realities of the world, but it obviously clashes with these companies’ public statements and positions.
- jjjjj55555 3y agoYes but it's especially cynical in this case because the belief their pushing is that diversity matters, that biases need to be overcome, and that all people need to be represented. Claiming all of that but then shoving your own biases down the rest of the world's throat while not representing their people in any way is especially cynical in my opinion. It undermines the whole thing.
- photonthug 3y agoHypocrisy is an especially destructive kind of betrayal, which is why the crooked cop or the pedo priest are so disappointing. Would be nice if companies would merely exploit us without all the extra insult of telling us they are changing the world / it’s for our own good / it’s what we asked for/, etc
- philwelch 3y agoThis is the exact same mindset that invented the word “Latinx”. Compress most of an entire hemisphere of ethnic and cultural diversity down to the vague concept of “Latino”, notice that Spanish is a gendered language so the word “Latino” is also gendered, completely forget that you already have the gender neutral English word “Latin”, invent a new word that virtually none of the people to whom it applies actually identifies with, and then shamelessly use it all the time.