Posted on 10/18/2022 7:56:54 AM PDT by george76
Conservatives have long been concerned about companies discriminating against their viewpoints and promoting a left-wing agenda, but there have been few conservative-leaning businesses offering viable alternatives.
Several new companies have emerged to combat this problem in various fields including financial services, entertainment and consumer goods; conservative entrepreneurs want to influence the culture and offer an alternative to businesses that are hostile to their beliefs.
“This movement has to be cultural, it can’t just be about business … It’s about daring people to think this way and showing them it can be done. It transcends a lot of the fake and performative aspects of partisan politics,” New Founding cofounder Matthew Peterson told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
A separate economy is emerging for consumers who want to opt out of supporting corporations with vocal left-wing views, with new businesses popping up in various fields that aim to either promote conservative values or stay out of politics altogether.
Some of the country’s largest corporations have taken left-wing stances on divisive issues in recent years, and some have been accused of discriminating against conservative and religious consumers. A growing cohort of entrepreneurs are offering an alternative to left-wing corporations and aiming to change the culture through the promotion of conservative values in their businesses.
New Founding, a conservative for-profit organization, is connecting conservative investors with ideologically aligned projects and publishing a curated guide of companies that align with its social values. New Founding cofounder Matthew Peterson had already been connecting investors with ideologically aligned businesses informally, but he created New Founding to do that at a larger scale, he told the DCNF.
Social conservatives oppose hookup culture and the trend of delaying or foregoing marriage, yet as several new dating apps hit the market aimed at helping people pursue marriage, conservatives had no way of promoting them as a cultural countermovement or an opportunity for investors, Peterson told the DCNF. New Founding aims to change that by creating a network of like-minded investors and entrepreneurs who can promote products they believe are good for the culture.
“Why isn’t there a pro-family angle that businesses are selling with the same level of urgency that they’re selling climate change. That’s winning to me. Winning would mean we’d be talking about the family crisis,” Peterson said.
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Concerns about left-leaning corporations go beyond their political statements: the environmental and social and governance (ESG) movement allows dominant investment firms to impose climate and social justice-related goals on other businesses even when they’re harmful to the bottom line. ESG has fueled a corporate war on the fossil fuels industry, for example, and the ESG initiatives of three top finance companies prompted 19 state attorneys general to question them about how they’re actually able to fulfill their fiduciary duties to investors while pursuing social and environmental goals.
The financial firm Strive Asset Management is cutting against the trend in the financial services industry of prioritizing social and environmental goals over shareholder value at the expense of customers; they’re pledging not to mix business with politics and to instead prioritize value for shareholders.
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Another company saw growing popularity among conservatives after GoFundMe, the dominant crowdfunding platform, removed causes from its website such as the Canadian truckers’ protest against COVID-mandates and the legal defense fund for Kyle Rittenhouse. GiveSendGo, a Christian organization, has become a popular fundraising alternative for conservatives who no longer trust GoFundMe.
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The Daily Wire, a company founded as a conservative news outlet, has moved into movies, children’s content and razor sales, and it was reportedly valued at about $150 million in April. The company is openly conservative and markets itself as an alternative to its left-leaning competitors.
“Stop giving your money to corporations that hate you. Give it to me instead,” reads the website for Jeremy’s Razors, a Daily Wire project. Jeremy’s Razors was born out of a dispute between the Daily Wire and Harry’s, a razor company that sponsored the outlet before publicly denouncing it for criticizing gender ideology.
Rather than being simply “anti-woke,” this emerging economy needs to put forth a positive vision focused on family and community, according to Peterson. “This movement has to be cultural, it can’t just be about business … It’s about daring people to think this way and showing them it can be done. It transcends a lot of the fake and performative aspects of partisan politics,” he told the DCNF.
The US needs a parallel pro American federal government
I’m going to be moving my money out of chase bank at some point soon.
US to.
I’d rather use the money laundering HSBC or Citic-Kawa in China than many US banks
The bank piece is a tough nut to crack. Credit unions are probably the only viable option.
Out of Chase Bank... and into...?
No one ever voluntarily supplies the second half of such statements.
Regards,
I dumped Bank of America for backing gun grabbing a few years ago. I’d advise against them, Chase and Citi. Those 3 are particularly bad when it comes to promoting Leftist BS and discriminating against anybody who is an opponent of Leftism.
I was looking for a bank to move my money to, away from BofA, and I am now down to two local Credit Unions! There is not a national bank that is worth a dang!
It is a sad day in America! The fact is the majority of the large corporations are LITERALLY anti-American!
I’m going to be moving my money out of chase bank at some point soon.
Out of Chase Bank... and into...?
No one ever voluntarily supplies the second half of such statements.
Regards,
Join a credit union-you’ll get better service.
I mean USAA has even gone WOKE! It really is sad!
I’ve been with our credit union for 30 years. Business, personal, auto loans, home improvement, you name it. They have all the features of a bank but members own it.
Case in point: My wife and I just signed up for medical cost sharing plan based on Christian values. It is not insurance, but we don’t need that much medical care. After leaving the corporate world, it is nigh impossible to find health insurance for individuals since our premiums support the bloated medical/insurance bureaucracy and fund lots of “medical care” we don’t agree with, e.g. abortion, “gender care,” etc.
The cost is dramatically lower per month. Conservatives need to do more of this, and deprive the woke of our support.
Perhaps Ally
Thanks for the tip!
Am currently in the midst of terminating my 30-year-relationship with my CU on the B.I. (where lava flows). Am transferring my funds to a registered investment advisor under the custodianship of FI and - by happenstance - with a connection to Chase.
CU wouldn't allow me to invest in the market. Nothing but boring CoDs.
Regards,
Exactly—I would settle for a government that does not hate me.
Meet Ally:
https://www.ally.com/about/social-impact/diversity-inclusion/
I am beginning to understand how the Jews felt in Germany in the 1930s.
They hate us.
They mean it.
I had no idea. Thanks for posting.
No.
Just less of the current one.
A lot less.
mortgage is paid off so it's just me getting everything moved...
I've had free online bill paying so its been nice...
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