“It’s beginning to look as if companies headed by leftists will never figure out that most people want a product, not a political viewpoint.”
I don’t believe that to be true, in fact, just the opposite is proving to be the reality. People want their products to come with a political viewpoint, or they want their products being made with the correct political viewpoint behind it.
Company stock ratings now contain an ESG rating (Environmental, Social, Governance). There are an increasing number of woke investment companies such as Blackrock that have funds that use ESG ratings in their fund portfolio decisions.