Republican congressional candidate Marty O’Donnell said the diversity, equity and inclusion program is a product of Marxism and not a “deeply held belief” of the executives who promote it.
O’Donnell said: Bungeeis a video game studio founder and current candidate for Congress in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District.
He told BlazeNews that when he was in the games industry, representation and inclusivity were not a consideration.
“Have you thought about diversity, equity, inclusion or the representation of a particular sexuality or race?” O’Donnell was asked.
“No, we’re not,” he responded. “The current ‘woke and broke’ trope is something we just see over and over again. DEI is not DEI. It’s not diversity, equity, inclusion. It’s essentially a code word for a Marxist worldview of power structures,” he continued.
“There’s a lot of catchphrases in the conversation about colonization, decolonization, but that’s not really what people are worried about, especially in the entertainment industry: Are we going to tell good stories? Are we going to make good games?”
“That’s where creators should be concerned,” he added.
O’Donnell said fans’ issue isn’t with the actual content of the DEI program, but with the obvious way it’s shoehorned into entertainment that doesn’t make sense.
“Fans aren’t necessarily going to reject movies or games because they’re being pushed into diversity and equity and inclusion,” he explained. “Of course, fans don’t like being lectured, but fundamentally these are not good products. At the end of the day, they’re not fun to play. They’re not interesting. These characters don’t sound real.”
“I honestly think a lot of these people are empty people. I don’t think they have any basic values.”
There’s “fear” at the C-suite level, the Halo game composer continued, drawing on his experience dealing with Bungie’s former parent company, Microsoft.
“There’s a fear that we’re going to antagonize some very loud, very annoying special interests, so let’s appease those people.”
O’Donnell doesn’t believe that progressive ideologies like DEI are sincere beliefs of those imposing them from on high, whom he sees as “empty bureaucrats.”
“In my experience, I don’t think these beliefs are deeply ingrained, especially in larger companies, in the C-suite and boardrooms. They’re only interested in profits. To be honest, I think a lot of these people are empty people and don’t have core values. They just adopt whatever core values are in place at the time to make sure they’re on the right side and don’t get any backlash.”
“True believers” are a minority, O’Donnell said, adding that none of the people who have risen to the top of these companies have actually made anything. They may have degrees or worked on the production side, but their only experience, he argued, is “directing.”
The Republican added that people who run big companies rarely have “strong moral compasss” and tend to follow where the wind blows.
“I don’t trust their judgment,” he stated bluntly.
It will take some time for the elites and executives to understand, O’Donnell concluded, noting that it will be hard for them to change course unless their bottom line is specifically affected.
“It’s going to take them a little while longer to realize that this isn’t actually helping their bottom line.”
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