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

So, Disney's never really been 'woke' until recently. If anything, the 'woke' line is damage control for their cartoons against blacks, jews, indians, asians, and pretty much anything you can think of. Here's the first link I found googling but I'm sure there's plenty of better examples. Now, I disagree with the 'woke' stance, even for Disney, but I'm highlighting them as having an actual reason, as it appears the rest of your list is just virtue-signaling for what I can only assume are marketing reasons.

Cartoons by their very nature are an exaggeration of reality. All features are exaggerated, not just the racist ones. If we replaced all the characters with stick figures, we'd still get some woke SJW complaining that stick figures are fat-shaming.

in the case of, say, Netflix, their product isn't categorically woke, so there's wiggle room to choose titles appropriately. If people aren't making it through an entire woke series, Netflix's algorithm should start sorting these garbage narratives to the bottom. If it isn't already, I'll submit Star Trek: Discovery as a prime example. That show is objectively bad even if you're of the woke mindset, and completely abysmal if you're not.

Nike is an easy boycott, even if it weren't for the woke narrative. The company was founded by a coach who crafted special shoes for his athletes, yet it's been taken over by people who make capitalism look evil. Exploitation of cheap labor in foreign countries, passive-aggressive judging for not having the same foot as your favorite athlete, high margins compared with craftsmanship...all without addressing the woke narrative. That's an easy boycott.

Even before COVID, professional sports were a bubble just waiting to be popped. Sure, an NFL game is better than your local high school game, but is it really hundreds of dollars better for that seat in the stadium? It wouldn't surprise me if the number of people realizing they're overpaying for things related to professional is increasing, and the woke narrative is just a hail mary to save the industry.