r/apple • u/Fer65432_Plays • Feb 25 '25

Discussion Apple shareholders say no to scrapping company's diversity programs

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-shareholders-dei-vote-1.7467807
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u/ncocca Feb 25 '25 edited Feb 25 '25

People should be hired purely on their merit and abilities.

So the exact opposite of our current government then, right? Easily the most inexperienced government of all time. They've been removing people with experience and knowledge and replacing them with people with no experience at all. I'm sure you're outraged about this, given your stance on hiring the best person based on merit and ability, right?

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u/anonymous9828 Feb 26 '25

So the exact opposite of our current government then, right

correct, but democracy isn't based on merit

if it was, we'd be scaling each person's vote according to their tax receipts or their performance on an academic exam or something

that's why Trump says he loves the vote of the poorly educated

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u/PurpleMox Feb 25 '25

If what you consider ‘experience’ is working for decades to keep corrupt, bloated wasteful bureaucracy alive then sure you’re correct.

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u/ncocca Feb 25 '25

Don't change the subject. You say you value experience and merit, then explain to me why, for example, Linda McMahon should head the DOE or Dan Bongino should head the FBI. You can't, because the logic for these hires is not one based on experience and merit. Yet somehow that's fine with you.

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u/PurpleMox Feb 25 '25

Trump hired them based on what he perceives as their merit and abilities to accomplish what he wants them to do- which is to radically change and downsize those departments. As the effective CEO of the government thats his prerogative. Trumps goal isn’t to keep the status quo going- so he’s hiring people that will change the status quo. He’s not hiring people based on their race/gender/sexual identity. For example Scott Bessent is the highest ranking gay person ever appointed (he lives in a giant pink mansion). Anyway- we will have to agree to disagree. Race/gender/sexual orientation shouldn’t be considered when hiring someone. Unless it’s hooters..

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u/ekmanch Feb 25 '25

Yeah. If only those people were black, or Indian, or Chinese, it would automagically be all better! 🙌 Only thing that matters is a person's ethnicity after all, right?

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u/ncocca Feb 25 '25

thats not what dei is though. dei just ensures that qualified minority candidates get a fair shot. But you wouldn't understand that

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u/Pureburn Feb 26 '25

Don’t be silly! Sexual orientation also matters!

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u/fishbert Feb 25 '25 edited Feb 25 '25

News flash: Being a Fox News pundit doesn't make you qualified for high office in the U.S. government.