The year was 2016. I was deputy commander of a Military Police battalion in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of the capital of Pará—one of the poorest and most violent states in Brazil. At 3:40 in the morning, the radio broke into an intense exchange of dispatches, unusual for a Wednesday. The operations center gives me the picture: a sequestro relâmpago in progress, the “lightning kidnapping”: criminals take over the victim’s car at a traffic light and force cash withdrawals from ATMs. I head to the scene. It looked like a movie—negotiators, press, ambulances.

Recently, the Supreme Court released two major executive power opinions. First, in Trump v. Slaughter, the Court held the Constitution vests the whole executive power in the President alone, yet in Trump v. Cook, it said the Fed can exercise executive power independent from presidential control.

As the New York Times finally begins to question whether progressives went “too far” with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), it is worth reiterating that DEI policies are based on false and destructive premises, and for that reason they should be abandoned altogether. Rather than debating whether DEI has gone “too far,” we should continue to oppose this sinister ideology in its entirety.