You're not being a killjoy, you're over inflating your concerns. I've been through a lot of my proposals here, and there wasn't as much DEI and PC leftist stuff as you're insinuating. It's certainly not as systemic as you seem to think it is. I'm sure there are varying degrees of those problems in pockets, but that doesn't mean we should just throw our hands up and say fuck it.

As for unions, those exist now. I'm skeptical that they would be opposed to having better standards in training, career opportunities, and pay. Besides, we get to vote for the people who actually make these decisions.

Most Americans on all sides probably don't want some dumb fuck 21 year old (in general) with little life experience running around with a badge and a gun. I just don't buy that police meeting my proposed standards would be worse than the very low ones we have right now. DEI or not. That stuff already exists right now anyway and people don't have to go to those kind of schools. I didn't.