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Dalewyn | 1 year ago

>Americans selected a president who is against "equity", "inclusion" and "social justice"

Indeed. Our American values are and always have been Equality, Pursuit of Happiness, and legal justice respectively, as declared in our Declaration of Independence[1] and Constitution[2], even if there were and will be complications along the way.

Liberty is power, power is responsibility. Noone ever said living free was going to be easy, but everyone will say it's a fulfilling life.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_I...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preamble_to_the_United_States_...

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mrtksn|1 year ago

Then why don't you do all that but instead treating people who are in pursuit of happiness as criminals for example? Why do you need the paperwork and bureaucracy to let people pursue happiness?

Why the people in the background are not entitled to it: https://a.dropoverapp.com/cloud/download/605909ce-5858-4c13-...

Why US government personel is being replaced with loyalist if you are about equality and legal justice?

pb7|1 year ago

The US is a sovereign nation which has a right to defend its borders from illegal invaders. Try to enter or stay in Singapore illegally and see what happens to you.

pjc50|1 year ago

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal ..." (+)

(+) terms and conditions apply; did not originally apply to nonwhite men or women. Hence allowing things like the mass internment of Americans of Japanese ethnicity.

Dig1t|1 year ago

> We are also talking much more rightly about equity,

>it has to be about a goal of saying everybody should end up in the same place. And since we didn’t start in the same place. Some folks might need more: equitable distribution

- Kamala Harris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaAXixx7OLo

This is arguing for giving certain people more benefits versus others based on their race and gender.

This mindset is dangerous, especially if you codify it into an automated system like an AI and let it make decisions for you. It is literally the definition of institutional discrimination.

It is good that we are avoiding codifying racism into our AI under the fake moral guise of “equity”

Detrytus|1 year ago

Men are created equal, but not identical. That's why you should aim for equal chance, but shouldn't try to force equal results. Affirmative actions and such are stupid and I'm glad Trump is getting rid of them.