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The Unhedged Capitalist's avatar

The problem I have with affirmative action is that it doesn't solve the underlying problem.

Instead of tinkering with college admissions and abolishing gifted programs because they're not inclusive enough, I wish that we could talk about creating better conditions/a better environment for struggling students so that they could perform at a higher level.

It's like the current ruling class isn't capable of actually solving issues, so instead of fixing America's broken healthcare system, horrible food or bad inner city schools, we just say that you can't fat shame and gifted programs are racist.

Brilliant! Problem solved.

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Sharon F.'s avatar

Senator and Presidential Candidate Tim Scott talks about exactly that in his interview with Bari.

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Onos's avatar

Another I just learned about is “degrowth”. Apparently the woke have decided that society should get poorer and smaller to save the earth — likely just a rebranding to cover for their decay-causing policies.

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Sghoul's avatar

By 'society' they mean everyone but themselves

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The Unhedged Capitalist's avatar

Right, but try to convince them to give up their iPhones and go back to flip phones. See how well that goes over

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Marie's avatar

Better yet, landlines and hardline internet!

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Celia M Paddock's avatar

No, no, no, the grifters cannot allow the problems to be solved! That would mean the end of their jobs.

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The Unhedged Capitalist's avatar

Oh posh, they'll just find new jobs complaining about something else. Grifters are in ultra-high demand right now, I'm not worried

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Celia M Paddock's avatar

Consider this: what did the LBGT+ grifters turn to once gay marriage was the law of the land?

Do you really want to challenge grifters to find ever more radical things to complain about?

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