| My, possibly naive, view is that this has nothing to do with the "benefactor" of a policy (transgender people, in this case). It is more about power, politics and influence for the people who institute the policy. 15-20 years ago, working in tech was a good job in the sense that being a mechanical engineer, doctor, or lawyer was a good job. Today, these are the most powerful, richest, and most influential companies in the world, and people who like power are involving themselves more than they used to. 15-20 years ago, these companies were more meritocratic in a domain knowledge sense: the "nerds" were powerful because they had knowledge and could build stuff. Nowadays "politicians" (in the corporate sense, people good at office politics) have realized they cannot compete with the nerds who've been building stuff since they were kids, so to get a piece of the pie there's a political fight to redefine what's important. Now "values" are important instead. Those who have the values have the power and influence. I'm personally looking to move to a different industry than the tech companies. Some industry with less power and less prestige. Those will attract more interesting people who care about what's important. |