A blistering critique from Mike Shellenberger:
For more than a decade, the media, Democrats, and Hollywood have told us that Western civilization in general and the United States in particular are white supremacist, genocidal, and unsustainable. The founding of America occurred not in 1776 but rather in 1619 with the… pic.twitter.com/jD4f0Mq3oo
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) January 10, 2025
This is long overdue. As Robert Shipley notes, in theory this might lower standards, but I think that in practice, many of the standards are unnecessary (particularly since the wokification of medical education). I’ve never been impressed by doctors myself qua doctors.
Do not allow the usual suspects to do the standard Jihadi circle jerk.
I think there will be a new sheriff in town for this BS when Patel takes over the FBI.
It’s refreshing to see trash that takes itself out.
Let me get this straight… a white FBI Director (Chris Wray) gets fired and replaced by a brown minority Director (Kash Patel) and members of the FBI's DEI office are now protesting and threatening to resign? 🤡
— Gain of Fauci (@DschlopesIsBack) January 1, 2025
The irony is ALMOST too good to be true. 😂 pic.twitter.com/7jcWkzpiPl
Thoughts from Robin Hanson.
…are starting to realize their entire industry is worthless.
There are certainly some things of value, but they may be offset by all of the negative value.
Looks like we’re on the verge.
NEW: Marc Andreessen reveals how Trump's DOJ appointee, Harmeet Dhillon, is poised to demolish corporate DEI policies.
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) December 28, 2024
🔥🔥🔥
Dhillon, a fierce critic of woke corporate culture, is now leading the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
"The Justice Department's Civil… pic.twitter.com/mqMAJg1Ybb
It’s ignorant, ostentatious support of anti-Semitism and terrorism, by people who don’t know the name of either the river, or the sea.
Thoughts from Eric Raymond:
Today's big beef is between tech-success maximizers like @elonmusk and MAGA nationalists who think the US job market is being flooded by low-skill immigrants because employers don't want to pay competitive wages to Americans.
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) December 26, 2024
To be honest, I think both sides are making some…
The “climate crisis” fanatics continue to ignore the evidence.