I agree, but I don’t think individual woke activists writing books and sending it to policymakers, can directly increase the perception of “there is too much wokeness,” even if no policymakers listen to them.
Why? This seems completely contrary to how I understand things.
Ibram X. Kendi mostly did not get any of his proposals enacted by any legislature, yet his association with progressivism caused significant backlash among centrist voters who became convinced the left believes any measure of success that doesn’t have perfectly equal results between races is inherently racist.
Tema Okun mostly did not get any of her proposals enacted by any legislature, but her work was pushed by universities and non-profits, became part of the standard curriculum for DEI teachings at many companies throughout the US, and entrenched in the general population the idea that the left thinks “a sense of urgency” is white supremacy and should be eliminated.
“Defund the police” and ACAB chanters in 2020 mostly did not get their proposals enacted by legislatures, but they also created significant backlash among voters who became convinced the left is talking crazy on matters of crime detection and prevention.
Frankly, opposition to wokeness has almost entirely flowed from opposition to cultural instances of wokeness as opposed to specific pieces of legislature.
I guess they succeeded in changing many people’s opinions. The right wing reaction is against left wing people’s opinions. The DEI curriculum is somewhere in between opinions and policies.
I think the main effect of people having farther left opinions, is still making policies further left rather than further right due to counter-reaction. And this is despite the topic being much more moralistic and polarizing than AI x-risk.
Why? This seems completely contrary to how I understand things.
Ibram X. Kendi mostly did not get any of his proposals enacted by any legislature, yet his association with progressivism caused significant backlash among centrist voters who became convinced the left believes any measure of success that doesn’t have perfectly equal results between races is inherently racist.
Tema Okun mostly did not get any of her proposals enacted by any legislature, but her work was pushed by universities and non-profits, became part of the standard curriculum for DEI teachings at many companies throughout the US, and entrenched in the general population the idea that the left thinks “a sense of urgency” is white supremacy and should be eliminated.
“Defund the police” and ACAB chanters in 2020 mostly did not get their proposals enacted by legislatures, but they also created significant backlash among voters who became convinced the left is talking crazy on matters of crime detection and prevention.
Frankly, opposition to wokeness has almost entirely flowed from opposition to cultural instances of wokeness as opposed to specific pieces of legislature.
I guess they succeeded in changing many people’s opinions. The right wing reaction is against left wing people’s opinions. The DEI curriculum is somewhere in between opinions and policies.
I think the main effect of people having farther left opinions, is still making policies further left rather than further right due to counter-reaction. And this is despite the topic being much more moralistic and polarizing than AI x-risk.