> This administration is the best argument for DEI I’ve ever seen in my life
Right, they've essentially implemented reverse DEI: always hire the agreeable white man, no matter what. Which was essentially the status-quo in the fucking 60s.
Now we have a bunch of old white men who can drink more than they can read running our government into the ground. They're all very horribly unqualified. But, they are essentially breathing doormats, which I think is vital to an authoritarian regime.
There is a third way - hire the most competent regardless of skin shade, sexuality and so on. It has quite a good track record.
Autocracies notoriously value loyalty and compliance over competence.