As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).
they're well meaning in the sense that they think they're **reacting** to protect their people from the perceived threat, but in reality they're **acting** by setting a new socially acceptable level of threat
Sales/adoptions.
The people who work in publishing can be good, decent, well-meaning human beings. People can want good outcomes for other people, like safety, health, and education.
Companies, however, cannot! Companies can only want monetary success. Publishers want to sell their products.
