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im' guessing it has a lot to do with old white dudes being in charge of those institutions. trump just gave them an excuse to do the shitty things they were otherwise embarrassed to say out loud.
plus corporations gave up on any and all ethics years ago. the concept of "right and wrong" does not exist for them.
Money.
Because our entire professional class in the USA has little backbone. People in my life with higher incomes still seem to think this will blow over.
I don't know why people think there is this upper crust of super smart or ultra hard working people. Intelligence really doesn't scale with pay or job type. Our own president is the ultimate proof of that.
It's kind of like when you become an adult and realize the adults never actually new what was going on and have just been winging it the entire time.
Because they are craven bitches?
Some are cowards even if they do care.
Some have always secretly agreed but were afraid to act on it.
Some are just apathetic as long as it doesn't directly affect them.
But the bigesst reason? Money.
Well, they just cut every research university in the country’s money by limiting facilities and administration funding on science grants to 15% (with a few exceptions possible, if approved, presumably by Elon Musk).
Basically, a $1,000,000 grant to a research scientist comes with a corresponding payment to the university to build whatever is needed and run the lab. It’s usually close to 50% because research labs aren’t cheap. And with few exceptions, private companies don’t really fund basic research labs like they used to. (There is, obviously, a lot of private sector R&D but nothing like back in the day when Bell Labs, Xerox PARC, etc. were doing revolutionary work.)
So basically the Brain Drain towards the US will slow down, maybe China will take over
US Brain drain started circa 2006 or 2007, when smart people who had well paying jobs watched their country sell them down the river, to bail out banks.
They saw countries where they could raise their kids, without worrying about becoming a pauper with a single medical incident, or not worry about their kids dying in yet another school schooling. They saw a place they could call home, that didn't have them on the edge of survival every, single, day.
The racist roots of our country, which were well hidden for a good 30 years was ripped wide open for all to see, and they wanted none of that for themselves, or their (future) families.
They left.
Slow down? Shit is going to start flowing the opposite way. The brain drain from the US has begun.
They want a stupid populace, they're going to get one. And it will probably end up killing us all.
The people who are smart enough to be able to get jobs else where are also smart enough to see the writing on the wall of an anti-intellectual admin. The us is only going to get dumber, which is the goal for the gop.
Why are we bowing to any of this? Where are our leaders?
The non-maga population and the left don't have any leadership. They have representatives in federal and state offices but they are really not leaders. The media may call them leaders but are they though? Does anyone really look to Chuck Schumer or Peolsi and say "Yes, these people are motivating me to step out of my comfort zone and do whats best for the country." NOPE.
There are some people in power that are being vocal and I think that is great, but honestly they haven't moved the needle to amping up the base to go out and protest, to support a general strike or any other disruption that will make an impression on the powers that be. The non-trumpers and left need, desperately, strong vocal leadership that goes to the people, draws on the fear and anger and uses the energy that comes from that to build a solid resistance.
Where are our leaders?
Tag, you're it!
Fear. But people need to realize that capitulation only makes this political terrorism stronger. The only solution is solidarity. United we are much stronger than this administration.
Fear of what though? What the root cause? I'm willing to bet it's not fear of being put in jail for having DEI practices in place. I'm willing to bet a case of craft beer it's the fear of losing money that's driving it. They didn't give a shit about the people unless you're a majority shareholder.
Money is important though. People may lose their jobs if they don’t obey. Programs or even entire orgs will shut down.
I am not saying they should capitulate but also sometimes you need to pick your battles also. I have heard some nonprofits are purging certain words but planning to keep doing the same work. Is that the right choice? I don’t know but if it allows services to keep going to the vulnerable then maybe.
Because he's letting them do what they've always wanted.
Because people haven't learned not to play Trump's games by Trump's rules. Appeasement not only makes him come back for more, he makes him believe that it's his by birthright.
Because Trump wields an inordinate amount of power and can have his decrees backed up by use of retaliatory executive action such as firings or pulling funding, retaliatory legislative action, or use of force.
Because Trump wields sizeable support in this country, up to and including militia groups that Trump has already pardoned once and lone-wolf actors willing to commit violence on his behalf, and they do not have support of equal measure willing to defend them.
Because they still have faith in what is left of our legislative and justice system and are still holding on to the hope that everybody will come to their senses and all of this can still be solved legislatively without having to resort to any kind of resistance or violence, no matter how increasingly fleeting that hope is.
Because the people that run these institutions are all just regular people with regular jobs and regular families who just want to go home at the end of the day, and have absolutely no desire to become the John Connor of the resistance movement.
Because we're terrified that society is crumbling, so we try to follow rules to feel some kind of order.
And because of an "if I don't do it, I'm next" mentality that often arises in these situations.
And if you do it's easier for some to be next
If you want an actual answer: the answer is because it's still a pretty controversial topic in the US. If you leave the echo chamber here, you'll find the vast majority of people, even those who support the trans movement, are pretty universally against trans women competing in sports. The fact the movemen tried to force it down everyone's throat and shame anyone who disagreed moved a lot of people from neutral to negative.
When I was growing up, there was no girls wrestling, but "boys" sports in high school aren't "boys" they're "open". We had girls on the wrestling team, girls on the football team. Now as they got older and the boys got bigger and stronger, something like football is a generally a non-starter.
All of that is to say: corporations aren't going to die on this hill when there isn't a clear majority of Americans supporting it.
Sports weren't even the first thing Trump went after.
I guess it's a good thing the question wasn't: what was the first thing Trump went after.
The question was: why aren't corporations pushing back. If you read what I said, instead of apparently assuming I don't understand the order of events of Trumps idiocy, you'd see that I'm telling you that SPORTS has driven folks who would normally be neutral or supporting of transgender rights in the opposite direction. You can say that's stupid, you can say you don't like it, but that's reality. And the INSISTENCE on the trans community of pushing the sports thing gave Trump and company an in to make it the central focus of the discussion.
Why on earth would ANY business get in the middle of that when, again, the majority of Americans do not support it? A topic like this leaves no room for nuance, either a company supports transgender rights and everything that goes with it (like the hotbutton sports topic) or they don't. It is safer for their sales to not.
I'm trying to point out how sports are only a very small portion of Trump's illegal orders.
How does your explanation address the obedience of hospitals or schools or prisons? The scale and scope of what Trump is doing is so far beyond sports and I have no idea why you think sports are the key to understanding the stituation. Sports institutions aren't the only ones bowing down to these illegal orders, and so that begs the question: why are the others obeying in advance?
There is a very vocal minority locally who opposes all women being allowed to participate in women's sports.
Most people, locally, don't care. And same in Rochester. And Syracuse.
The podunk towns in the middle? Probably a bigger minority, but still a minority.
Money. Real lives are affected by defunding and losing your job in this economy.
Over 50% voted for this. Because news and social media are controlled by the oligarchs. And the smartest sociopaths for hire are crafting the propaganda strategy. So you're not even going to get a majority to back you up. Sanity and morality is now in the minority.
Please stop saying over 50% voted for this. A third of the electorate didn't vote. Yeah, fuck them, they could have stopped this, but it makes it sound like more than half of my country wants him to be president. More likely it's 30-40%
What’s the difference between voting for Trump and not voting at all?
The way I see it if you didn’t vote at all then not only do you not care about the outcome but you’re accepting Trump as the result.
If you didn’t vote then you are the problem. You’re the same problem as the people who voted for him.
So ya if you didn’t vote then you wanted this no different then those who voted. Over 50% of the country either voted for him or accepted him as the winner.
If you didn’t want him as president then you should have voted. You are just as much to blame for this happening. Stop trying to act like you’re innocent.
It's a basic symptom of the social contract falling apart. Arguing that in reality everybody who didn't vote is happy with the outcome is a fine way to argue yourself into not understanding the real state of the country and what options there are for resistance. An actual mandate vs the teetering corpse of a failed democracy are two very different things.
More likely it's 30-40%
The same hitler got
The ones that didn't vote accepted any outcome, they are complicit
But the strategy for dealing with them is different.
I understand that you're upset and scared, but we need solutions now, not squabbling.
It was also less than 50% of voters
If they didn't vote then they are likely just apathetic towards it surely? Apathy doesn't start resistance movememts.
Cowardice.
Some of them couldn’t wait to lick his boots.
Because we're probably the least liked minority groups.