Instapundit Glenn Reynolds also writes a weekly column for the New York Post. His topic this week is why elites keep going woke when they've seen it manifestly damages their organizations. He writes:
When a group of people, especially powerful people, does something that seems counterproductive, there are two possibilities. One is they’re just crazy. The other is they’re getting something out of a policy that seems, on the surface, destructive. Sometimes it’s both.
I believe our ruling class is kind of crazy. Where it used to be socially, ideologically and culturally diverse, now it’s a monoculture.
It’s overwhelmingly made up of people who went to the same schools, were indoctrinated with the same values and believe the same things. Worse yet, they care more about their standing with peers than they do about their actual jobs.
Thus, policies that get leaders plaudits for DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion), “climate awareness” or “antiracism” score them social points that improve their position, even as they damage the institutions they’re responsible for. It’s a conflict of interest, an abuse of power, but it’s very common and generally goes unpunished.
So ... let's start punishing wokeness. Perhaps the best punishment is to deemphasize the things their social set values, starting with DEI and climate hysteria.
