: Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped

Foundation says it won’t compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would’ve really helped

  • seitzer@piefed.socialEnglish
    183·
    2 days ago

    To make matters worse, the terms included a provision that if the PSF was found to have voilated that anti-DEI diktat, the NSF reserved the right to claw back any previously disbursed funds, Crary explained. “This would create a situation where money we’d already spent could be taken back, which would be an enormous, open-ended financial risk,” the PSF director added.

    Nobody in their right mind would sign such a travesty.

    • drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      45·
      1 day ago

      “We think you’ve hired too many black people, you now owe us millions of dollars.”

      The fact that having money and simply convincing someone to accept it with terms means someone gets to do that in this system is fucking wretched.

      • xorollo@leminal.space
        27·
        1 day ago

        You refuse to implement a back door for us in all of your cryptography modules, so we say you hired too many black people and now you owe us the money back.

          • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
            9·
            1 day ago

            It depends.

            For many ‘new’ MAGA conservatives, its kind of a means to an end, yeah. It a part of the culture of feeling victimized. Its why so many bristle at being called racists as a blanket term: they actually aren’t.

            But there are certainly old\ gheezers (many leaders) or perpetually online influencers that are legit racists. Or “great replacement theory” tangential believers that really straddle the line.

            • drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              12·
              1 day ago

              One of the most unnerving things about rightism is that there seem to be separate versions of the ideology, tailored to specific classes, for the purpose of perpetuating a cycle of abuse and obedience.

              • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
                7·
                1 day ago

                Well that’s true of many political “sides,” historical and extant, unfortunately.

                See: Lemmygrad.

                I think the lesson is to not believe in ideologies so rigidly, and to not revere individual leaders/influencers to such an extent.

                • drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  2·
                  1 day ago

                  To be fair, by the classical definition of left and right (equality vs hierarchy), tankies are right wingers. Authoritarianism is very much a rightist ideology. In fact, i would even argue that things like the “Cultural Revolution” in China were fascist because they demanded absolute loyalty to the state and its ideology on threat of violence. They just hate the other right wingers a lot because the nations they cheer for have been enemies of what I will loosely call “The West”, so they didn’t absorb the beliefs that commonly define western right wingers in the modern age.