I need to rant for a second here, because something has been driving me bonkers and it's not going to be fixed until we collectively understand something.
We often talk about the negatives of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, but the reason it was sold so well to normies outside the cultural and political spheres of understanding is because all of those words are associated with positivity. Every word in DEI is automatically considered, not just good, but a moral good.
But this is demonstrably false and, more than that, it's absolutely unnatural. At best, these words are neutral in nature.
Look at it this way. Does every situation benefit from "inclusion?"
In the U.S. military, there was the attempt to include women into front line combat roles, pairing them with men. On paper, this inclusion looked fantastic because it gave the impression that women were being elevated and proven to be just as capable as men when it came to combat.
They weren't, and tests showed that speed, efficiency, and even injury avoidance tanked when women were included in military exercises. Women and men are different when it comes to physical capability, and not acknowledging that in the name of "inclusion" gets people hurt and potentially killed, including those women.
(READ: The False Reality Modernity Paints of the 'Strong Woman' Is Going to Get Women Hurt or Killed)
Let's say I'm forging steel to make a beam for a sky rise. If I take Iron and Carbon, then mix in a bit of silicon and nickel, manganese, and chromium, I'm on my way to making a solid piece of metal that can help hold up tons and tons of weight to the point where the top can tickle the clouds. However, if I start adding things to the mix like sunflowers and Coca-Cola, I've got a seriously bad batch of steel on my hands that would corrode here and be extra-brittle there. It would be steel only fit for the scrapyard.
Diversity is a word that is used just as much as "inclusivity," but the same rule applies. In the name of diversity, we've seen people get hired into positions they never should have been in, resulting in a decline in quality for industries across the board. I don't just mean Hollywood flicks or random corporate offices, I mean places like hospitals and airline hangers where the lack of merit and talent can truly bring someone to harm.
(READ: DEI Could Make Surgery Dangerous - A Veteran Surgeon Speaks Out)
Equity or equality is also loaded. It's sold as a moral good because these are often a perverted form of an American ideal. America is a land of equality in that everyone gets an equal shot and is (supposed to be) equal under the law. However, what America does not guarantee is an equal outcome, and that's precisely what many people don't seem to understand.
The idea pushed by the left, and believed by too many in the apolitical part of the societal Venn diagram, is that if someone is considered "oppressed" or "underprivileged," then they should be given consideration before others. What's not being talked about is the fact that, in order to do this, people who may deserve it more will be cast aside based on their identity.
This is the polar opposite of equality, but this is why the "equality" of the left, or the idea that "equality" is a moral good, is absolute nonsense. In the physical universe we inhabit, you cannot generate perfect equality. In fact, nature abhors it.
What we call the "natural balance" isn't even equal parts. Our world doesn't thrive because there are an equal number of mice to cats, or water buffalo to lions. There aren't an equal amount of deserts to temperate forests. Even the state of global stability is only good when America is really on its game and pulling far ahead vs all the other countries.
If you try to introduce equality as a socialist would define it to nature, nature will automatically begin doing what's necessary to destabilize that "equality" until it returns to a certain balance.
The idea that we all have to be included and equal in that inclusion is a nonsensical idea that is based in fantasy, and ultimately destructive.
Again, any idea pertaining to these political notions of equality is not inherently moral, and until we understand that as a greater society, we'll keep buying into these stupid ideas like affirmative action and DEI which don't really provide too much benefit to society.
I think this guy put it well.
The only way to get rid of socialist ideology pic.twitter.com/JvfuGsaDLH
— Vision of Rand (@VisionOfRand) May 5, 2025
