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> that leads to a lot of resentment (both by the people directly affected and by other members of the same class that observe both the discrimination and the si
by aprilthird2021 2y ago
> that leads to a lot of resentment (both by the people directly affected and by other members of the same class that observe both the discrimination and the silencing).
Agreed. This is the fundamental flaw of a lot of social theories borne out of academia when they land in the real world. They thrive in an academic world where hierarchy is bought into by students eagerly and are transplanted into a world where people must accept hierarchy to survive.
> I'd say that resentment is justified
Resentment never makes anything better, no matter how justified. Unfortunately.
- teitoklien 2y agoThat resentment drove people to vote for powers that forced FB and other bigtech to reduce the discriminations that were creating those resentments I’d say it did make things better.
- aprilthird2021 2y agoIt wasn't the driving force of that at all, but I'll rephrase if you want to be pedantic. Resentment is rarely ever only channeled in good ways
- llamaimperative 2y agoAh yes I remember all the polls saying “Meta’s hiring policies” were in the top 1,303,886 issues voters cared about That might’ve drove a few people to donate huge sums of money to information campaigns that fomented hatred, division, and distrust among voters, but no: American voters were not voting on big tech DEI policies. Feel free to post evidence otherwise.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 2y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/11/there-are-a-lot-of-bitter-people-here-im-one-of-them-rust-belt-voters-on-why-they-backed-trump-again-despite-his-broken-promises?CMP=share_btn_url https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/11/there-are-a-... White voters point to conversations about justice – for racial minorities, for the children of immigrants, for women worried about losing their reproductive rights, for transgender teenagers – and question why nobody ever talks about justice for them. Few expect Trump to fix everything or believe him when he says he will. What they do believe is that the system is broken and corrupt, just as Trump says it is, and that a candidate who promises to tear it down and start again might just be on to something. I think this goes in this direction. People don't care about "Meta's hiring policies" but they care about "wokeness", and news articles about the former lead to a perception that society has way too much of the latter and that it's a bad thing.
- iforgot22 2y agoDEI was a major Republican talking point. This is a thing well beyond Big Tech, like in other industries and in college admissions.