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The commune's apparent list of demands, published on Tuesday after anti-police-brutality protesters took over a six-block area of downtown Seattle, veers from the common-sensical, past the daring and the deep to the absurd with little warning. Posted to Medium, it has been promoted on social media by a slate of Seattle lefties, activist blue-checks, and rubbernecking conservatives. None has yet questioned its authenticity.
Divided into four sections - the justice system, economic demands, "health and human services," and education - the list overshadows its best calls for reform with some silly and downright dangerous suggestions.
Comment: LinkedIn is caught in the technology trap. That field requires highly-educated, engineering-oriented workers, which currently sorts out to mostly male, and most likely Asian or white, as LinkedIn's own internal report shows. More education initiatives may help some with the diversity issue. But they will put themselves on a slippery slope to corporate failure if merit is not at the top of the list.