These companies are idiots to dismiss the half of society that tends to have a job.
It “pays” to suck up to a regime doling out trillions and that uses the deep state agencies to persecute the unfaithful with the help of the enemedia, big tech, and BLMAF
Doesn't that depend on who wins the war between the freedom-loving patriots and the Woke Establishment?
These companies are picking sides early because they believe that will give them an advantage.
The problem is that they employ a large portion of those people. I work for one of these woke organizations, and while pro-America sentiment seems to be the norm among the workers, we stay very quiet and keep our heads down.
I personally don't discuss the taboo 3 (politics, religion, and sex) in polite company, and I think the problem with American society is that it's no longer considered taboo to air your personal beliefs on those subjects in public forums such as social media. To boot, as long as you fall on the woke side of the aisle, you're emboldened to speak out and bash those who aren't.
At this point, I'm just keeping my head down, doing my job, and praying they don't start with this vaccine BS in my org. I'm not holding out hope for that, though.
They Hope their virtue signaling won’t cause a revolt. They’re also probably getting pressure from the White House to do it
It’s also massively unfair to their employees, many of whom probably do not agree with their “wokeness,” but are forced to remain silent or even to publicly support it. In addition, these hapless lower-level employees are usually the public face of the company and are held responsible by the public for the company’s policies.
I think there perhaps could be some kind of lawsuit filed by employees who can show that they have been forced by their employer to participate in political activities of which they do not approve. Certainly at the time most of them were hired, this politicization was not in effect.