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Costco shareholders voted overwhelmingly (98%) against a proposal by a conservative think tank, the National Center for Public Policy Research, to assess risks linked to the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.

Costco’s board supported DEI initiatives, dismissing the proposal as partisan and unnecessary.

This rejection contrasts with trends in other companies scaling back DEI efforts.

The vote comes amid new federal rules from Trump targeting DEI initiatives in federal agencies, potentially impacting private vendors working with the government.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Well at the individual level, what you feel is your entire reality and none of us are free of that bias. Some politicians or leaders are better than others of taking this feeling and coalescing it into a narrative that drives you to action. The current wave of discontent can be very much be woven into a liberal or left wing (I really don’t like the terms right or left, they are mostly meaningless in current year) narrative that inspires action but instead liberals have become the agents of stagnation in a way and the people saw that, and being low information voters that they are, they chose the only alternative that was at least promising to change things in a big way. They (like always) just didn’t pay enough attention to the fine print to see what the big changes actually entailed.

If I applaud one thing about Trump is that more or less he’s delivering what he promised, albeit with total disregard for public order, safety or legality.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

what you feel is your entire reality

No, what I infer from evidence is "my" (everyone's) reality. I am perfectly aware that my feelings and perceptions can be very flawed. That's why magic tricks and optical illusions work.

You can "feel" that there's a bridge across the canyon all you want. You'll still fall to your death trying to cross it.

Feelings are not reality and do not project your own issues onto others.

[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m not projecting anything. And I think your analogy is apt and does not really refute what I said. Someone could well believe with all their might that there’s a bridge and fall to their death. But the fact that they believed it so much that they tried to cross it against all reason means that to them the bridge was real. This is why I said “at the individual level”. Your truth is not the Truth, but it is still the truth for you until you somehow discover that your belief was wrong. Some never find out, others find out too late to reverse course and fall to their death.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You are 100% projecting. I do not trust my feelings, so my feelings are not reality. Things are not real to me just because I believe they are real. I do my best to get external confirmation.

Your truth is not the Truth, but it is still the truth for you until you somehow discover that your belief was wrong.

Again, projection. I do not automatically accept something is true just because I believe it is true. I come to most situations assuming my belief is wrong and get it confirmed.

You are not me and you do not know how I think and I know that not because I believe it but because I have had enough confirmation in my life that there is no such thing as a psychic.

Belief is not knowledge and it will never be knowledge.

[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Well when I say you I do not mean you specifically I’m talking about anyone. I’m talking about the indefinite “you” as it were. I can see now how it would be misunderstood, my bad.

But I would argue that in your case that your belief that you are free from false beliefs in all your beliefs because you do not trust your feelings is proof of my assertion. I don’t think it’s possible for any person can make that claim unless they thoroughly dissected every single feeling they feel through the day every day. Sounds exhausting and impossible.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

But I would argue that in your case that your belief that you are free from false beliefs

I never said or even implied such a thing. I literally said the opposite:

Again, projection. I do not automatically accept something is true just because I believe it is true. I come to most situations assuming my belief is wrong and get it confirmed.

You clearly aren't even reading my posts.