Thread by @polotek

Let me say it again. They are *right*. Diversity has never been necessary for the continued success *of white men*. If you think you're making the argument that they "need" diversity, you're gonna have a bad time. This is a fight. Stop thinking you can talk them into it.

https://twitter.com/sethvargo/status/1400627238089994245

I have a favorite pithy definition for the word politics. At it's core, "politics" is the thing we invented in a civilized society so that all of our fights don't end in murdering each other. It is a truly important innovation. But we still have to recognize when it's a fight.

There is no way to "persuade" the people who hoard resources that they should willingly give it up. Instead what we're negotiating is how are we gonna get access to those resources without bloodshed. And right now they think they have all the leverage and can't get fucked up.

What I'm saying is this has to be about finding ways to fuck them up. It'll be "political" of course. No actual blood will be shed. But if we're not causing them pain, it's not gonna go anywhere. The reason those in power come to the table is that the alternative seems worse.

Part of being successful at this is recognizing our own leverage. We are seeing it already with low wage work. If we don't show up to work, they can't do shit. They start crying and begging the state to bail them out by re-establishing the leverage that they have.

We haven't quite yet found the right leverage when it comes to high wage work. It's harder for lots of reasons. So we have to listen to these CEOs make billions while talking about our lack of "merit". I don't know about y'all, but for me it's fuck that noise.

We have been working on radicalizing tech workers for a decade now. We have made great strides to be sure. But too many of us are still way too polite about it. It won't change unless we make it change by fucking shit up, from the inside and outside.