First it was Communism, then critical race theory, and now it’s DEI and woke. It’s all a bunch of different terms for the same thing: Things they don’t understand or don’t like.
It’s worse than that. Those are not just things that right-wingers don’t understand or don’t like—they are all things that are focused on prioritizing people and their experiences over property and the interests of its owners. (And in that sense I think the right-wingers understand that perfectly well—they just do not want to say it out loud.)
I wonder if it feels like violence to them, to risk losing access to their private jet.
What an unimaginable point of view. I can only try to understand it in terms of my own privilege, like if someone said I couldn’t use the internet or loan books anymore…
Is it possible to fix these people? Like, can they be shown that life is actually better if they give up a little?
First it was Communism, then critical race theory, and now it’s DEI and woke. It’s all a bunch of different terms for the same thing: Things they don’t understand or don’t like.
It’s worse than that. Those are not just things that right-wingers don’t understand or don’t like—they are all things that are focused on prioritizing people and their experiences over property and the interests of its owners. (And in that sense I think the right-wingers understand that perfectly well—they just do not want to say it out loud.)
Exactly. They understand just fine. These things threaten their privilege.
bingo. to those accustomed to a lifetime of privilege, equality feels like oppression.
I wonder if it feels like violence to them, to risk losing access to their private jet.
What an unimaginable point of view. I can only try to understand it in terms of my own privilege, like if someone said I couldn’t use the internet or loan books anymore…
Is it possible to fix these people? Like, can they be shown that life is actually better if they give up a little?