This comment got me thinking how relative the centre is to your experience, ideology, and perhaps the particular policies being referenced.

From my vantage point the US has never in my lifetime been remotely left of centre, they are moving from right to slightly further right.

DEI hiring is of course an easy target. It's a weak policy to tackle a complicated problem with obvious flaws and no track record of success. I think a truly left wing society would have quickly replaced it with more direct policies to hit generational poverty - EU style public education comes to mind.