So we know that republicans rly didnt like how all the corporations started to speak out against their voting restrictions esp coca cola and the mlb. They framed it as "corporate wokeness" and that corporations should not be a vehicle for far left mobs to hijack the constitutional order. So far things have quieted down and republicans are pretty much doing what they want unabated. Do you think tho going forward this might result in republicans rupturing their close ties with big business and perhaps propose implementing stuff like raising taxes and maybe even a public option?? Curious what you think.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Massive corporations don't actually care about these issues, they're just sticking a finger in the wind and gauging public sentiment. Republicans aren't offering anything that would impede corporations from doing what they want. The proposal seems to be you just scream about wokeness and Cultural Marxism and that has basically no impact other than whipping up even more frothing delusion among their voting block. Republicans are also sticking a finger in the wind, but their revenue stream is different.

    Examine how Republican media figures and their adherents have attempted to perform boycotts over the past twenty years and think about how much that damages corporate revenue streams. Buying Keurig machines just to break them, buying Nike shoes just to rip the logo off. Even back in like 2003 they were buying French wine just to pour it down the drain.

    All of it's performative. Nothing Republicans do is an actual threat for corporate power and their policies still encourage wealth to flow upwards to everyone who already has a private jet.