The Boycott Formula - How conservatives can restrain left-wing corporate culture

City Journal ^ | 3 Nov, 2023 | Christopher F. Rufo

[MtnClimber]

It would seem like corporations would know better than to offend a large percentage of their customer base. There must be people who think EVERYONE is woke.

[Brian Griffin]

“First, they must organize.”

Conservative organizations can and will be targeted.

In the case of Bud Light, it is a case of simple revulsion.

New small businesses must be created to create true consumer choice.

[Brian Griffin]

“There must be people who think EVERYONE is woke.”

Living in DC, NYC and LA can give people an incorrect view of the USA.

[Brian Griffin]

It is clearly possible to brew a better beer than Bud Light.

My mother drank much better beer for many decades.

[Maelstorm]

They live and work in a DEI bubble. Not even executives that think this woke crap is bs will standup and say it so its just easier for them to stay silent and let the woke marketing types self destruct.

[Gen.Blather]

I just saw a commercial of an possible male who says, “my parents tell me to quit trying to grow a mustache. I tell them to quit using wifi.”. Apparently this was trans pandering. Whatever the product was I wouldn’t buy it.

[SMARTY]

My boycott list is getting longer, too. It’s amazing how great Capitalism IS. If one vendor/manufacturer puts a foot wrong… go down the street, because for sure some other guy is selling the same thing and you don’t have to do without. And so what if you do??!!

[econjack]

I would add another factor: Understanding the boycott from both sides. For example, during McGovern's presidential bid in the 70's, Caesar Chavez led the Lettuce Pickers to a strike against the growers. McGovern, in a photo op with Chavez, said he would boycott lettuce and not eat another salad until the union won its strike. One of my colleagues, a Sociologist, came into my office claiming that the boycott was a great move for the workers. I told her McGovern did exactly the wrong thing. She was shocked. The resulting conversation went like this:

Me: If people go along with the boycott, what will happen to the price of lettuce?

Her: It will fall.

Me: I agree. And given the lower price, what happens to the growers' ability to give a wage increase?

Her: (Long pause...) It will go down.

Me: Now, what would happen if McGovern had said: "I'm going to eat 5 salads a day until the strike is over and I want you to also." What would happen to the price of lettuce?

Her: (Another long pause) It would go up.

Me: With the higher price of lettuce, the cost of letting it rot in the field unpicked goes up, right?

Her: Yes.

Me: At the same time, the higher price not only induces the growers to settle more quickly, it gives them the funds to pay a higher wage.

Her: (Longer pause) Well, that may be, but I don't believe it!

And she stomped out of my office.

Moral: Don't confuse Liberals with the facts...it just pisses them off.

[KarlInOhio]

First, they must organize.

If an organization set up the Bud Light, Target or Disney boycotts then the companies and cultural leftists could have come against them. There would have been slander and libel lawsuits against them, protests at the homes of the leadership, and death threats against them and their children.

A leaderless revolution gives them no target. It is very hard to to make threats against a cultural zeitgeist. It's like using a tennis racket to swat at a swarm of mosquitoes.

[Liz]

Yes, conservatives were on-board.....but these high profile companies did it to themselves:

<><>Disney aimed radical gender theory at kids, and stupidly re-worked the beloved Snow White.
<><>Target featured gay merch in its supremely stupid “Pride Collection.”
<><> Bud Light’s inane transgender in an ad, sent its top-rated sales into oblivion.

[sauropod]

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[MtnClimber]

Why buy Bud Light when I can get it from the faucet in my kitchen.

[Eccl 10:2]

As a conservative consumer, it has been an incremental process. One cause at a time. That way it is not overwhelming.

* Target
* Disney/ESPN
* Bud (I don’t drink alcohol anyway)
* Costco (they give a lot of corporate money to ONLY Democrats, so please stop feeding them)
* Pro sports, and increasingly, college sports. Stop giving your money, time, and influence to Liberal causes. Put your time toward something Godly and productive.
* Movies/TV - the major studios are major purveyors of societal decay

Instead:

* Develop hobbies (music, fitness, remodeling, lawn and garden, etc.)
* Get involved in your church
* Volunteer to worthy causes
* Take a class, or at least learn something

Both lists are FAR from complete. Do what works for you. But get started. Taking action develops your mindset.

[BrexitBen]

All-State Insurance with the transgender “ woman “ is boycott-able.

So is T-Mobile, with the 2 gay singing neighbors.

[Amendment10]

"It would seem like corporations would know better than to offend a large percentage of their customer base. There must be people who think EVERYONE is woke."

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I surmise that some corporations have been threatened with boycott if they don't comply with pro-LGBT optics.

[Tommy Revolts]

It is clearly possible to brew a better beer than Bud Light.

There's plenty of better brews than Bud Light. It's all about the marketing and branding.

Check out Shiner Beers. I think your mother would approve.

[bgill]

I used to keep a ban list but dumped it when it reached about 165 pages. Some were posted on FR through the years.

[joshua c]

blackrock is driving this

they own large blocks are most major corporations

they put directors on the board pushing this crap

[matthew fuller]

The activists are pissing in the wind if they don’t go after BlackRock.

BlackRock: Masters of the Universe

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