When The Economy Goes Woke, Everyone Gets Dumber And Poorer
In addition to making us scared, unemployed, humorless, and dumb, the tidal wave of wokeness is redefining our economy. Previously neutral services such as banking now come with ideological purity tests. If you re a Yale Law student who wants to throw a party with fried chicken, your invitation had better pass muster with the campus Stasi. And if it doesn t, well, as the Yale Law administration put it, you d better sign the apology we wrote for you, because the legal community is a small one.
If you re the Art Institute of Chicago, it means firing all your volunteer docents the knowledgeable volunteers who give guided tours of the museum and its art because they are mostly older white women of above-average financial means and with plenty of time on their hands.
The legal community is a small one, and getting smaller.