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CousinIT

(11,535 posts) Tue May 20, 2025, 09:31 AM May 20

"They have you busy fighting a gender war to keep you from fighting a class war." [View all]

WORTH LISTENING TO: Reshma Saujani's Commencement Speech

The greatest challenge facing today's graduates is not what you think.
It's not climate or AI ethics or healthcare — it's disconnection.
This is my message to Harvey Mudd College's graduating class of 2025.
In this moment of commencement speeches being silenced and censored, I was really scared to give this speech. But it is the most important I've ever given

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"They have you busy fighting a gender war to keep you from fighting a class war." [View all] CousinIT May 20 OP

THIS! FalloutShelter May 20 #1

"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means the sun is about to set." - Lin Yutang. sop May 20 #2

Absolutely! SheltieLover May 20 #3

Grew up on Classic Trek. . . Collimator May 20 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Collimator May 20 #5

GOP loves recessions because of the scarcity thinking, zero sum game IronLionZion May 20 #6

The list of petty fights to keep us from fighting the only one that counts Beastly Boy May 20 #7

Who is they ? JI7 May 20 #8

The propaganda machinery controlled by America's oligarchy? William Seger May 20 #12

Who? Cirsium May 20 #15

But who are they ? How is it being done ? JI7 May 20 #16

Not sure if you are serious Cirsium May 20 #17

No, they're not forcing swong19104 May 20 #18

"They have you busy fighting a gender war to keep you from fighting a class war." That's exactly what they are doing. Martin68 May 20 #9

They've been distracting Americans with all their left-vs-right culture war bullshit for decades. sop May 20 #11

Gender war, race, war, religious war,... Magoo48 May 20 #10

One of the top engineering schools in America (without a PHD program) -- JT45242 May 20 #13

Outstanding!! CrispyQ May 20 #14

It's too bad it's taken this long for us to wake up. jalan48 May 20 #19