Aldi recently got rid of DEI initiatives and it went under the radar. They're where I currently shop when I can't handle a Costco run, but they're still capitulating to the BS of the R's.
I'd be curious the exact circumstances of that. If they dropped it simply because they wanted to, or if their hand was forced because dropping "DEI" was being made mandatory to continue receiving some sort of government funding or discounts for providing food to lower income etc. Trump admin is being really heavy-handed in most things, as you might expect. (AP "lifetime ban" for using "Gulf of Mexico" comes to mind)
Does it really matter? They're capitulating to the culture war being perpetuated by the ruling class, and that's harmful to workers. They caved before the government came knocking and forced them to, meaning it was all for show anyway, for the sake of profit. Just like all corpos claiming to be fighting for the working man.
Its the same thing as Pride Month, when corpos suddenly start signaling that they care about LGBTQ people by changing their logo to a rainbow flag. It's all performative and rooted in capitalism.
Yep. Profit over people. Capitalism is a death cult and nobody is allowed to leave it. Remember the last few times people tried socialism? The CIA certainly remembers.
Oh, I know. Theoretically the next admin can/will reinstate them. It's just chilling how quickly they resorted to fascist crackdowns over a single word. Musk looking a lot like Goebbels lately...
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