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At least in the US, it seems to be the lower-educated, rabidly anti-DEI faction that seems to be dragging everyone else down with them.

> DEI has given the unintelligent a platform on which they can attack the intelligent. The effects of diversity quotas on code quality are horrifying.

Very, very curious on what basis these claims are being made. Empirical studies would be ideal, but even some anecdotes would be illuminating at this point.





Look at what happened to software in the early 2010s.

There are already plenty of anecdotes by others here where sub-par work was given a blind eye because of its creator's identity.




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