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[–]Q-Continuum-kin 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Everything establishment dems do is social virtue signaling so they can get away with passing right wing "compromise" economic policy.

In their minds it's a positive thing to consolidate more money and power into a smaller ruling class while increasing diversity by 5%.

[–]BEB[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

In terms of corporations, some of this "diversity" stuff seems to be just a way to keep distracted US workers from rising up as wages and benefits tank. For instance, we were recently told that we can't use "guys" as in, "Hi, guys."

Since English doesn't have the plural "you" many people in the US use "guys" as the plural "you," not meaning ACTUAL MALES.

In the meantime, what is it 30% of Americans haven't paid their August rent?

But yes, Big Brother corporations want to make sure that we self-police our words, because gawd forbid we use a harmless colloquialism like "guys," even as female employees avoid using the new "gender neutral" bathroom because there might be a goddamn male in there.

Speaking of the people I work with, the over-the-top PC stuff is having the opposite effect, plus it's exhausting to have to self-police every single thing you say throughout the workday.

I think this corporate two-facedness, "diversity" and whatever PC trend going, instead of a living wage, will lead to many Independents staying home or voting against Harris/Biden rather than for Trump. Because people aren't rational, they sometimes (often?) vote out of irritation at the little things rather than for their own self-interest.

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Since English doesn't have the plural "you"

"You" is the plural form already but we don't really use pronouns to say hi. ("Thou" is the singular form that we don't use anymore. "You" is a plural borrowed over to singular.)

Honestly we should just revert to Latin greetings since they had explicit singular and plural forms. Just walk into the office and yell "Salvatae!"

[–]lairacunda 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"we should just revert to Latin greetings", I don't think straight-arm salutes would go over really well.