Here’s an example. Someone in a Elite enough corporate role will probably sooner or later have to have a statement on file or regular self-evaluation how they ‘demonstrate a commitment to foster inclusion & equity’ or some crap.
And most of em, know this is just bullcrap.
And most of em, know this is just bullcrap.
Ok don’t get me wrong. Sure there are some who are True Believers in that stuff. Others probably aren’t but internalize it enough that the distinction is moot.
But really, come on, most of em know, it’s a silly hoop you gotta jump through. It’s ‘how the game is played’.
But really, come on, most of em know, it’s a silly hoop you gotta jump through. It’s ‘how the game is played’.
Now here’s the point, *complaining* about that stuff marks you as Low Status.
Like say you’re (like me) kinda aspie, naive, didn’t grow up that ‘elite’, have a tragic attachment to logic/fairness/rules-based systems, etc. And you start to question those ‘statements’.
Side-eye.
Like say you’re (like me) kinda aspie, naive, didn’t grow up that ‘elite’, have a tragic attachment to logic/fairness/rules-based systems, etc. And you start to question those ‘statements’.
Side-eye.
That’s just how the game is played, you see. Everyone knows that. Everyone who has been socialized to become Elite, anyway. If you complain about it or question it or even try to intellectually engage with it on any meaningful level, you’re marking yourself as non-Elite.
And non-Elite people are less likely to be considered (by Elite people) as, y’know, upper management material and stuff. Nothing wrong with em. God bless em. Sometimes they can get stuff done. But they’re clearly not *one of us*
This woke catechism ends up playing the role of a subtle/invisible status-signifier. Some people ‘get the joke’ and play along, showing their high status. Other (icky, low status) people just don’t, and cause trouble. But that’s okay, that tells us who to get rid of.
In this way, the woke catechism perpetuates and is ruthlessly enforced even though the majority of the enforcers don’t actually believe in it (and don’t actually care). Its value had nothing to do with its truth-content in the first place.
