hypocrisy, contradiction, and irrationality are fundamental parts of humanity.
Mankind has learned how to get rid of those, to a rescannable extent, when striving for the ultimate goal, truth. Recognizing those are indeed human facets in no way enslaves us to them. We have the ability to spot them and correct our ways.
Over the centuries, a methodology and philosophical framework have been developed to overcome most of these limitations. The approach has been very successful.
So the solution is not to revert back to the days of personal biases, but in fact to acknowledge them and keep on transcending them. This, among other things, requires us to focus solely on the argument, not on the one making it.
If you don't recognise this, you will fail to understand how the world works and even who you are.
It is precisely because these shortcomings permeate our experiences and have been acknowledged, that epistemology came about and eventually matured.
I brought up LA policing because it is an incredibly instructive lesson in recent history. Having black and Latino cops in black and Latino areas made a huge IRL difference.
There are obvious reasons why that's a successful experience and in no way do they undermine anything that's been said.
This cannot be argued if you look at the post-Gates era of LA policing. The mere fact that people were hired based on race changed things for the better.
That's actually one of the very rare instances where hiring people of a certain ethnic background might make sense. It is a unique situation,
This, of course, has no parallel whatsoever with game development.
Now whether that fits into some philosophical or ideological construct, or whether it is rational and free from hypocrisy, I just don't really care because it made the world better.
And truth doesn't care about your impressions either.
Truth is, whether I like it or not, whether you like it or not, whether they like it or not. All we can do is accept truth for what it is, no matter how unsavoury it might be.
Again, there are objective reasons that would advise hiring cops of certain demographics. Those are off-topic. Law enforcement is a unique situation. The state holds a monopoly on the use of force. There's no other industry that parallels that. Consulting with self-appointed, non-elected so-called representatives of minorities, consulting with sensitivity experts, this is a different matter altogether.
For starters, I dispute the very concept of minority representatives.
But, yeah , i am not arguing this is the case for entertainment because i just don't know about that. Otoh, i dont think having women and minorities making and staring in, for example, MCU movies makes for worse MCU movies.
Who said it did?
Finally, the real Orwellian threat to the world comes from the global elites who literally exist in a separate world from the rest of us, not from diversity initiatives.
The term Orwellian usually applies to initiatives that curtail individual freedoms in the name of a grand goal. Attempts to limit freedom of speech, of assembly, of conduct, of language, for example, alledgedly so that no one on planet Earth will ever be offended by anything, de-platforming, censorship, etc. all fit the bill.
What you describe does not, irrespective of whether it is condemnable or not. The matter is off-topic anyway.
Diversity initiatives need to be funded. How are they funded? why, through taxes, of course. More initiatives, more taxes, or more cuts in other areas. It's very easy to come up with solutions that involve taking more money from other people.
They use identity politics as a mere political distractio
just look at the last us presidential election. They control Washington, the cia, the us military; and because of that, 70% of the world and its media. And they extend their reach every day via technology. Imo, the battle is lost, at least in the West.
No comment.
It will be super interesting, if i live long enough, to see whether they allow life extension tech to be accessed by the unwashed.
Allow?
Assuming free markets still exist by then, extension tech will be a product just like any other and the law of supply and demand will still apply. People are not owed anything just because they are who they are. Companies sell products. They don't give them away for free. You'll also notice that it's been big tech companies which have democratized technology, not the state. These companies crave big money and the way to get it is to sell at affordable prices, so millions end up buying their products.
Seems to be working.