Conservatives have successfully scared off all the corporations from doing rainbow capitalism. And while rainbow capitalism was predatory and annoying, its absence is terrifying in its own way, signalling a return to the pre-2010s stage of the fight for queer rights.
I don like it.
It’s like how even though cicadas and other buzzing insects get sickening to listen to 24/7, a moment when they’re all silent makes you aware that there’s probably a localized ecological disaster around your home