Eric Levitz

Well, I would start with this statement, a bold statement. And I would say that meritocracy in many ways has been a myth. In other words, we were hiring and promoting the right people all along, and then diversity came along and sort of made us dump down our standards.

Well, I would start with this statement, a bold statement. And I would say that meritocracy in many ways has been a myth. In other words, we were hiring and promoting the right people all along, and then diversity came along and sort of made us dump down our standards.

Well, I would start with this statement, a bold statement. And I would say that meritocracy in many ways has been a myth. In other words, we were hiring and promoting the right people all along, and then diversity came along and sort of made us dump down our standards.

So when I do focus groups in organizations that I work with, oftentimes when I meet with women, when they describe inequity that they experience, oftentimes it's sexism. When I talk to people of color about the inequity that they face, they often use the language of racism. When I talk to white males about the inequity they face, it's favoritism. In other words, we're all white.

So when I do focus groups in organizations that I work with, oftentimes when I meet with women, when they describe inequity that they experience, oftentimes it's sexism. When I talk to people of color about the inequity that they face, they often use the language of racism. When I talk to white males about the inequity they face, it's favoritism. In other words, we're all white.

So when I do focus groups in organizations that I work with, oftentimes when I meet with women, when they describe inequity that they experience, oftentimes it's sexism. When I talk to people of color about the inequity that they face, they often use the language of racism. When I talk to white males about the inequity they face, it's favoritism. In other words, we're all white.

If we're all white guys, I ask, how many of you have seen people get promoted who were not the most qualified to do the job? Raise your hand. All hands go up. because favoritism has been at play. In other words, too often people are making decisions about who they hire and who they promote based upon subjective judgment. And that's the real culprit in the workplace.

If we're all white guys, I ask, how many of you have seen people get promoted who were not the most qualified to do the job? Raise your hand. All hands go up. because favoritism has been at play. In other words, too often people are making decisions about who they hire and who they promote based upon subjective judgment. And that's the real culprit in the workplace.

If we're all white guys, I ask, how many of you have seen people get promoted who were not the most qualified to do the job? Raise your hand. All hands go up. because favoritism has been at play. In other words, too often people are making decisions about who they hire and who they promote based upon subjective judgment. And that's the real culprit in the workplace.

Yeah, well, the American right responded as it responds to most things that Donald Trump does very positively. In fact, I think it wasn't just the fact that Trump personally did this, but that substantively on the MAGA right, on the nationalist American right, there's a real appetite to see the United States stand up to Ukraine and Zelensky and project the kind of line that Trump did. So

Yeah, well, the American right responded as it responds to most things that Donald Trump does very positively. In fact, I think it wasn't just the fact that Trump personally did this, but that substantively on the MAGA right, on the nationalist American right, there's a real appetite to see the United States stand up to Ukraine and Zelensky and project the kind of line that Trump did. So

Yeah, well, the American right responded as it responds to most things that Donald Trump does very positively. In fact, I think it wasn't just the fact that Trump personally did this, but that substantively on the MAGA right, on the nationalist American right, there's a real appetite to see the United States stand up to Ukraine and Zelensky and project the kind of line that Trump did. So

You saw the American Conservative magazine hailed Trump's performance as a great clarifying moment in which a U.S. president finally stood up to the warmongering Washington foreign policy blob. Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon lauded the administration as giving a masterclass in how to deal with an entitled punk.

You saw the American Conservative magazine hailed Trump's performance as a great clarifying moment in which a U.S. president finally stood up to the warmongering Washington foreign policy blob. Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon lauded the administration as giving a masterclass in how to deal with an entitled punk.

You saw the American Conservative magazine hailed Trump's performance as a great clarifying moment in which a U.S. president finally stood up to the warmongering Washington foreign policy blob. Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon lauded the administration as giving a masterclass in how to deal with an entitled punk.

And you sort of saw similar sentiments from other conservative influencers and social media users and Republican politicians.

And you sort of saw similar sentiments from other conservative influencers and social media users and Republican politicians.

And you sort of saw similar sentiments from other conservative influencers and social media users and Republican politicians.

So I think they don't or a significant segment doesn't. And I think that there's really two really distinct reasons for that, depending on what part of the right you sit on. Among hardline American social conservatives, there is just outright fondness for Putin's Russia that's been this presence within the movement since about 2013, when Putin enacted what he called an anti-propaganda law.

So I think they don't or a significant segment doesn't. And I think that there's really two really distinct reasons for that, depending on what part of the right you sit on. Among hardline American social conservatives, there is just outright fondness for Putin's Russia that's been this presence within the movement since about 2013, when Putin enacted what he called an anti-propaganda law.