Specialization May Be Over

For John, BLUF:  Our economy works, and works well, normally, because the system apportions work to those with skills and a reasonable price.  We tend not to pay attention to race, creed or other factors.  However, that seems to be slipping out of favor.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Women and Trans collective disturbed to find 'cisgenger men' installing new radiators

JOHN SEXTON Oct 18, 2021 7:33 PM ET.

Here is the lede plus one:

Oberlin College is the pricey liberal arts school which lost a massive defamation lawsuit filed by Gibson’s Bakery back in 2019.  Oberlin has a fancy house called Baldwin Cottage which was built in 1886 and which is currently home to the Women and Trans Collective.  The school’s website describes the collective as “a close-knit community that provides women and transgendered persons with a safe space for discussion, communal living, and personal development.”  Basically it’s a special dorm that has living space for about 30 people.

The student paper, the Oberlin Review, reported last week that the school decided to upgrade the radiators in Baldwin Cottage but, to the dismay of some residents, they sent “cisgender men” to do the work.  [emphasis added]

Very nice looking house.  It reminds me of 9 West Butterworth Street, Wenonah, NJ, 08090.

Is this the beginning of some brave new world, where is is segregation now and forever?  Are the people assigned to Baldwin Cottage prepared to do it all themselves?  Plumbing, electoral, HVAC, painting, paving, food deliver?  This is definitely a step away from capitalism, which takes advantage of the division of labor.  Now the residents have to do it all themselves, or find tailored businesses, which hire only people of certain persuasions or orientations.

Should the State or Federal Governments sponsor programs to allow people of certain persuations or orientations to live in certain parts of a State, City or Town?  So they feel safe?  Is there some limit to this ever-expanding taxonomy of gender differences?

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff