Posted on 12/07/2022 7:50:59 PM PST by Rummyfan
Why has pretty much all of big business gone left-wing? There are several theories, none of which seem to me to fully explain the phenomenon. But whatever the causes, the effect is an inescapable part of our daily landscape. Here are a few instances for today.
Disney has a new/old CEO in Bob Iger, and many speculated that he would pull back on that company’s extreme leftism. But not for long: yesterday he expounded on the duty of corporations to oppose constitutional gun rights:
Iger said, “As a grandfather, as a father, as CEO of The Walt Disney Company, I believe there is no greater or more important task than ensuring the safety and well-being of our children.”
Iger wasn’t talking about protecting children against sex-change operations or gay grooming.
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Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by attorney Robin Keller describing how she lost her job at a large law firm after daring to speak up in favor of the Dobbs decision. This didn’t happen at a general staff meeting but on a conference call explicitly held to allow staffers to discuss the decision.
This was at Hogan Lovells, one of the world’s largest law firms. The now-fired lawyer explained:
I spoke up to offer a different view. I noted that many jurists and commentators believed Roe had been wrongly decided. I said that the court was right to remand the issue to the states. I added that I thought abortion-rights advocates had brought much of the pushback against Roe on themselves by pushing for extreme policies. I referred to numerous reports of disproportionately high rates of abortion in the black community, which some have called a form of genocide. I said I thought this was tragic.
The resulting outrage from leftists got her fired from her law firm. Consider how insane this is: a lawyer agreed with a United States Supreme Court decision that is now the law of the land.
Hard pressed today to name a single sector ( public or private ) that the left is not controlling today.
And if anyone disagrees, take a look around at the condition this country is in.
The previous managers are retiring.
Those smart enough to survive the indoctrination without being brainwashed are few and far between.
It’s all because 35 years ago, “personnel” departments became “HR”.
By the time this republic totally collapses, few will know it has collapsed. Parable of the Monkeys.
It’s called fascism.
Corporations are willing to exchange profit and are willing to do the will of the government, in exchange for a lock on their part of the economy that they don’t have to share with anybody else.
That’s all woke capitalism is.
That’s actually very powerful, and so true
I recall that during Covid period (2020-2021, Government became over 50% of the US economy. Perhaps its dropped back a bit since, but regardless, its close enough.
So we all realize why business must suck-up to statists and leftists.
The question to ask is - what will force government back into its place where it can’t control everyone’s life? Say 10% of the economy.
Its not going to happen without a lot of pain.
Nailed it.
this isn’t difficult.
the schools were stocked with commies a long time ago.
they created the woke comcept.
they trained their counterparts who went into K-12.
from there the K-12 pushed their indoctrination.
then the colleges created a system to only allow the ‘correct’ students.
as they graduated and moved into business, they attained hiring positions.
from there they made sure to only hire and promote those they approved of.
which brings us to today.
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none of this is a mystery.
Nearly every business in America is a corporation, with a board of directors that no one wants to serve on. It’s relatively easy for the left to get on the board of one company after another and then take over and push woke.
It’s the same with societies like the American Psychological Association. No one wants to serve on the boards, leftists step forward, take over and push woke.
I think Elon realized this and this is why he took twitter private. That’s the ONLY way to keep this from happening from within. There will still be massive pressure from outside of the organization, but this will stop the internal takeover.
“Woke Capitalism” isn’t a mystery to me. When you look around at people who have gained their wealth on their own, they fall into two major groups: Those who earned their wealth from hard work and dedication, and those who ‘lucked out’. The former become conservative; the latter become liberal. You can easily see that comparing Musk and Zuckerberg.
In an established company, well after the original founder has left, the skills to gain power are entirely different from the skills to build the company. It mostly takes BS and carisma, not dedication and hard work. Thus, the leaders become ‘woke’.
But fascism is only on the right. The media says so. It is only nationalism so has to be the right. You ignore the rest of the traditional definition since it does not fit the narrative.
Vampire Economy. 1939 (Mises)
Here is a study of the actual workings of business under national socialism. (Nazism) Written in 1939, Reimann discusses the effects of heavy regulation, inflation, price controls, trade interference, national economic planning, and attacks on private property, and what consequences they had for human rights and economic development.
Bkmk
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