The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 135
We all know that equity is a form of socialism now, almost. We’re also entering a new phase of the societal debate about the topic, so it’s worth clarifying the issue. As it turns out, we do embrace and want to embrace certain forms of “equity” programs as it is actually defined, but only under certain conditions. Those limits to equity are most comprehensible by the many approaches to disability discussed in both the sane and the Woke-insane literature that might broadly be classified as “disability studies” or the philosophy of the phenomenon of disability in society. In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay walks through four distinct models of interpreting disability and uses them to draw out the true limits to equity programs. Join him to learn how to discuss this topic with greater clarity and compassion so we can leave the Marxist versions behind forever.
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I understood that there was something fishy going on when I heard a blind person opine that he would not accept a cure for his blindness because he felt that belonging to the group known as “blind” was somehow more valuable than being able to see.
Every difference is seized upon and weaponized in the jockeying for cultural attention, the never-ending petty conflicts that drive identity Marxism.
Love your summary James!
Disabilities are mostly quantifiable at an individual level and thus merit “equitable treatments” (a la the ADA).
Race and Identity-related equity assumes a generalized disability which is NOT quantifiable to the individual (unless adjudicated in a court).