Comment on Linus Tech Tips' Official Subreddit Bans Users For Condemning Racism

• kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  DEI and affirmative action aren’t perfect solutions, sure, but doing nothing and hoping the problem goes away is a response that is known to exacerbate the issue, not gradually solve it.

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  • Tamei@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    When believing in Equality of Outcome, I think they are pretty sound solutions, aren’t they? But I for one am not.

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    • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If your outcomes keep being unequal, you have two options:

      1. Concede that the opportunities weren’t as equal as you thought they were
      2. Convince yourself that the people with the worse outcomes are somehow inferior

      I prefer the first solution.

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      • Tamei@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I somewhat agree, but note that the inferiority you are describing is always only a relative measurement within the ruling system of economy, not necessarily some kind of (seemingly detached) moral measure which the connotation may imply.

        That being said, I tend to the second option, acknowledging that capitalism, besides every other form of economy, is more of a challenge to some individuals than to others. But my initial statement persists.

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