As a colored dude, it’s hard to explain. I’ve even had white folks say, “Nah man it’s not like that.”

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    We already had Equal Opportunity laws for race and disability though, but DEI is actually sneaked-in Marxism. What do people think Marxism is a just philosophy? It’s inherently anti-social and sociopathic.

    https://newdiscourses.com/2023/04/marxist-roots-of-dei-workshop-all-sessions/

    Under Marxism, it’s okay to put someone to death for being a “better off peasant”, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulak

    I’ve literally had people tell me on Lemmy that it was okay that Stalin put kulaks to death. I’ve also had people tell me on Lemmy that it’s okay to forcibly steal from people, as in middle-class citizens, to “redistribute wealth”.

    Progressively taxing people and democratically deciding how to spend funds is one thing. But the Stalin-like taking of peoples properties and resources is worlds apart! The only sane way to bring people universal healthcare and UBI etc is something like the Nordic model, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model

    No one should be racist or ableist, but trying to sneak in Marxism under the guise of anti-racism is fucked.

    There are comments in this thread downvoted for rightly pointing out the racism in other countries. Have you lived in LatAm countries or Asia? Western democracies are comparatively the least racist places on the face of this world! Don’t fucking kid yourselves.

    People should try to save democracies, but let’s not fucking pretend that other places are angelic heavens which do no wrong. It’s disingenuous and detached from reality.

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      I’m getting reports on you. It’s a fine line between disinformation that sounds “smart” and breaking the rules. I’m pulling it because it’s not being excellent to the people it effects.

      You’re muddying the waters. If you want to have a discussion, stop giving it a volatile label. Regardless of your point, your label has me involved now.

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      As a socialist citizen of a Nordic state, the Nordic model is a wonderful example of socialism in practice. The US, even with full DEI implementation, would be nowhere near as socialist as the Nordic countries.

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      Stalin was not the best example of Marxism. Stalin was a megalomaniac that killed a political rival that wasn’t a threat just because he once was a threat.

      The term kulak was older than Stalin.

      And the last part is a bookcase whataboutism.

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        Actually, I do know, I’ve read enough about Stalinism and Leninism. It’s not a huge leap, then, to connect the equity philosophy to enable redistribution of wealth and resources to the Global south, especially as it relates to Climate justice.

        Authoritarianism is still fucked whether the people oppressing you are left or right.

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          Lol thinking DEI is somehow parallel to authoritarianism is hilarious.

          You might want to work on your reading comprehension if this is the lesson you learned. Making sure a company has a fair and unbiased hiring process or representation of minorities or fair pay and equal equity for stakeholders that are people of color or women, etc etc is a very far cry from some sort of broad wealth redistribution.

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            Then tell me why I am being called a Nazi for bringing up the FACTUAL connection DEI and CRT both have to Neo-Marxism and Marxism. I am not racist, nor homophobic, or transphobic. I want to see better outcomes for people in minority status. I just don’t want people to blindly accept Marxist ideologies.