I agree that the whole DEI issue arose from republicans controlling the narrative, but things have now moved beyond that.
The question now isn’t “these companies have always been evil so why focus on DEI?”, the question is “this is where we are–whose side are you on”? IOW one’s stance on DEI has become a proxy for who you stand with–the oligarchs or the people.
Businesses/oligarchs getting rid of their DEI policies are doing it to prove to trump, and us as well, that they have now fully joined with him to destroy democracy and form the Oligarchy (along with the christian nationalist faction but that’s another topic).
So it’s a symbolic action (among others) they are taking to demonstrate that they are now part of the trump regime and consider themselves to be our rulers. Therefore these boycotts of their businesses is our symbolic action that we do not accept them as our overlords and will oppose them.
I agree that the whole DEI issue arose from republicans controlling the narrative, but things have now moved beyond that.
The question now isn’t “these companies have always been evil so why focus on DEI?”, the question is “this is where we are–whose side are you on”? IOW one’s stance on DEI has become a proxy for who you stand with–the oligarchs or the people.
Businesses/oligarchs getting rid of their DEI policies are doing it to prove to trump, and us as well, that they have now fully joined with him to destroy democracy and form the Oligarchy (along with the christian nationalist faction but that’s another topic).
So it’s a symbolic action (among others) they are taking to demonstrate that they are now part of the trump regime and consider themselves to be our rulers. Therefore these boycotts of their businesses is our symbolic action that we do not accept them as our overlords and will oppose them.