I agree with your first point. As to your second, I think there's ample evidence that the unelected TikTok-generation staffers are setting the policy positions, too.
If that were the case then the Biden admin wouldn’t have put forth their extremely nuanced guidance on trans kids on sports which satisfied no one on either fringe (No you can’t ban them completely but yes you can in competitive sports).
The Biden administration doesn't need Congress to institute its policies. In 2021 it made self-ID the law of the land by changing Social Security and passport applications to replace sex M/F with gender identity M/F/X, with no documentation or transition required for changing one's legal gender. There's also a proposed rule under Title IX that would make sure trans kids can play on the sports team of their choice, and probably other trans-friendly regulatory changes that I can't remember.
But doing that doesn't cost a dime and fundamentally fails to change the economic underpinnings of the nation... That's the point. Like most woke shit (and quite a lot of rightoid shit) it's performative, not materialist. Next Republican president will just 180 on everything but the economics will stay the same.
Biden’s policy position is to enforce the right of any girl to have her healthy breasts cut off, become sterile and a life-long med-pharma mega consumer. Mulvaney visiting is important PR to make this policy sunny and cheerful.
I’d rather the law leave it to doctors / patients but let’s fix those institutions and bring awareness to the lack of evidence for good outcomes so this happens less.
I am against any law that would punish people for not gender affirming. But also against any law that would bring the power of the state down on families that do affirm. Same way as I’m pro choice.
I agree with your first point. As to your second, I think there's ample evidence that the unelected TikTok-generation staffers are setting the policy positions, too.
If that were the case then the Biden admin wouldn’t have put forth their extremely nuanced guidance on trans kids on sports which satisfied no one on either fringe (No you can’t ban them completely but yes you can in competitive sports).
The Biden administration doesn't need Congress to institute its policies. In 2021 it made self-ID the law of the land by changing Social Security and passport applications to replace sex M/F with gender identity M/F/X, with no documentation or transition required for changing one's legal gender. There's also a proposed rule under Title IX that would make sure trans kids can play on the sports team of their choice, and probably other trans-friendly regulatory changes that I can't remember.
But doing that doesn't cost a dime and fundamentally fails to change the economic underpinnings of the nation... That's the point. Like most woke shit (and quite a lot of rightoid shit) it's performative, not materialist. Next Republican president will just 180 on everything but the economics will stay the same.
Biden’s policy position is to enforce the right of any girl to have her healthy breasts cut off, become sterile and a life-long med-pharma mega consumer. Mulvaney visiting is important PR to make this policy sunny and cheerful.
I’d rather the law leave it to doctors / patients but let’s fix those institutions and bring awareness to the lack of evidence for good outcomes so this happens less.
I am against any law that would punish people for not gender affirming. But also against any law that would bring the power of the state down on families that do affirm. Same way as I’m pro choice.