Virtually everyone is pushing to welcome people who are demonstrably not qualified.

This is so off from my experience in the world I think we may be talking about entirely different situations.

In what context is virtually everyone pushing to hire demonstrably unqualified people?

Literally every single one. This country has been tearing itself apart with how divisive DEI and "targets" for hiring are.

> Virtually no one is pushing to welcome people who are not qualified

Any time anyone is celebrated for being an X in this role rather than being good at the role, this is being pushed for.