You may think that the (temporary?) closure of USAID and the Big Tech backlash against government censorship has given us the win against the censorship regime that is trying to shut ever dissenter up.
You would be wrong. As with the DEI regime, there has been some progress, but a lot of what we have accomplished has been cosmetic instead of fundamental change.
I don’t want to underplay our achievements–in many corporate environments, the powers-that-be are thrilled to have an excuse to pull back from some of the more extreme policies they were forced into–for the simple reason that DEI is not just stupid and unfair, but reduces efficiency and hence profits. As ESG pressures subside and government edicts discourage pursuing counterproductive policies, a lot of businesses are breathing a sigh of relief and pulling back from the moral panic.
However, in…
