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[–]Fonched 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

What is your take on some of the left-wing arguments that these corporations are simply pandering to these views for money? In that they didn't start doing this until it was somewhat accepted, they don't use rainbow flags past June or in countries where there is still a taboo (they'd be true pushers if they did)...

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I think it's 50:50.

Money will always be the main motivator, especially in any Capitalist society. However, it can also happen that certain influential companies or people actually drink their own Kool-Aid and turn into Activists.

Stuff like Critical Race Theory only exists to demonize white people, even though they are customers who buy the same products. Notice how there are no similar programs that teach that Blacks/Asians/Mexicans are evil? Only Whites get picked on by CRT...

And even supporting Transgenders doesn't seem like a wealthy cause. They are literally 0.24% of the population who also commit suicide a lot.

[–]Fonched 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Now how would backing these racial/gender groups be done?

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Are you referring to Corporations who fund the woke programs, or minorities/women who oppose woke corporations?

[–]Fonched 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

How the corporations would still back wokism despite claims that it only does so for the money.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

But they are doing it for money? They sell gay flags, BLM shirts, and pussy hats to gullible minorities that lap it up.

[–]Fonched 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes, though my question is that since they want to earn money from these populations, we need to see how the spread of such is actually relative to public acceptance of such woke categories to prove they were pushing it and not just riding the trends.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's less about the public accepting it, and more about how powerful these corporations are in general, that they can push it.

Microsoft, Walmart and Amazon are basically monopolies in their fields. And if they start selling or marketing woke stuff, there isn't much competitors out there to stop them. It also doesn't bother them if they lose money, because they already sit on billions worth of cash.

So even if we do boycott Microsoft and Walmart for pushing transgenderism or anti-white hate, you basically need a nation wide revolt to actually damage these companies.

[–]Fonched 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Now that makes sense. There may be smaller corporations with competition on it too, but having such representation everywhere really brings this effect out.