>>5966283>>5966290>>5966705I have a unique theory I just made up about the prevalence of all these diversity, inclusion, ESG DEI initiatives across corporate America as well as its higher education institutions, films, videogames, art, literature, fiction, entertainment etc
If you look at history, you find that during critical junctures of economic turmoil and strife across social / ethnic strata, hierarchies and governing institutions, many past imperial powers attempted reform, modernisation or transformation initiatives to radically adjust or even overturn their previous political foundations and ideologies.
Essentially a reset, and a new ideological justification or legitimation of the ruling or governing order. Some examples could be Meiji Restoration Japan, the Tanzimat reforms of the Ottoman Empire / Turkiye, the New Policies of the Late Qing Dynasty in China, the policies leading up to the Emancipation Reforms for serfs in Imperial Russia etc. Often many of these reforms were led by student movements or intellectuals etc. who were fighting for enfranchisement or certain rights and privileges etc. Sometimes these movements met inertia or violence or ended up being subsumed and lost within the overriding edifice of governing ideology.
I think historians of the future might look back on America as being at or beyond this stage today. All the social justice / diversity reform initiatives are an attempt to displace, legitimise or reconcile the previous societal guilt and tensions of historical / colonial conquest / hegemonic legacy ideology with the excessive burden of debt, untenable strategic overcommitments and economic overreach of the current situation. None of these transformational or reform type ideologies are needed when the economy is visibly growing in real terms (ie outgrowing debt formation) and is improving for everyone. Maybe they can alter generational memories but I don't know if the ideological process of legitimation through appearances of inclusive racial representation can alter actual circumstances of racial history or reality.
Pic related is Sarah Michelle Gellar crying; I only enjoy the episodes with crying.
Angelus toys with Buffy - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Innocence S2E14
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HRxy7ZGlaVE 