Posted on 04/14/2021 7:50:09 AM PDT by Heartlander
Serious question: Who died and made these woke corporations ruler of all, the veritable masters of the universe? Who made them the arbiters of right and wrong? Since when do they get to decide what is an acceptable form of free speech or what election laws should or should not get passed in this country? If you’re not half asleep, perhaps you’ve noticed this dynamic: we are rapidly shifting into a government of, by and for the corporations, with our Constitution being secondary to the corporations’ arbitrary, woke one.
Corporations, many of which no longer consider themselves American companies but more global ones, composed of “citizens of the world,” have decided to enforce their view of the world onto almost every subject. They don’t consider the damage their decision-making does to Main Street, only how much they can line their own pockets—even if they have to use foreign slave labor to do it.
Now they arrogantly lecture us as though they were paragons of moral uprightness. More than 100 corporate leaders met over this past weekend, from companies such as United Airlines, American Airlines, AMC Theaters, Levi Strauss, and others to discuss their collective opposition to voter integrity laws.
One reason we have seen so much more of this woke behavior over the last few years is that we are seeing more and more of the indoctrinated youth coming of age after their “educations” in indoctrination centers of higher learning. We can see that influence as they enter the workforce, deciding the rest of the world must be compelled to fit their weird and warped views—ergo the explosion of woke corporatism.
But one of the reasons these corporations feel so empowered is because many on the Right have bought into the idea that corporatism and capitalism are one and the same. They are not. Corporatism, with its crony capitalism, market manipulation and rigging, and incestuous relationship with big government, has nothing to do with free market capitalism.
The monopolistic corporate tech companies, as I and others have noted, are a further bastardization of the free market. No matter how many times libertarians intone, “But we can’t do nuttin’ about them cause they’re private companies” it won’t change the fact that things just don’t work the way they assume.
We can’t have free-market capitalism and competition when monopolies dominate the marketplace. The prevailing dynamic, in fact, is the antithesis of capitalism—but most, if not all libertarians are unable to understand that. Perhaps it is corporate bucks clouding their judgment or, possibly, too much weed. Maybe it’s both.
The fact is Democrats and Swampy Republicans do love them some corporatism. I mean, ain’t it a grand setup? The ruling class protects its crony corporatists and helps rig the game for them—all of which leads to more bucks in their campaign coffers, while at the same time, the ruling class statists are spared the bother of having to make a full-on frontal assault on Americans’ constitutional rights. All as you have many “conservatives” and libertarians wringing their hands saying we can’t do anything about it because “Muh private corporations.”
It really is a beautiful dynamic for the statists. Why not use the massive corporate tools that touch every aspect of life to censor and reshape culture and society? Why wake Americans from their slumber with drastic measures when they can be lulled to sleep by private corporations doing the statists’ work? It’s not like stormtroopers are kicking in doors in the middle of the night, but regardless, freedom is dying under corporate rule.
Of course this is how statists have operated in America for quite some time. Don’t do away with the Constitution when in fact you can sneak in an administrative state without anyone really noticing. Why shred the Bill of Rights in public when you can accomplish the same thing by allowing woke corporations to back door fascism?
Republicans and conservatives need to get righteous on the issue: Woke corporations aren’t our friends and we should stop acting like they are. If they want to play games with our rights, we should beat them like rented mules when it comes to their bottom line. Tax breaks? Gone. Boycotts? Across the board. Banning importation of goods made by slave labor? Mmmhmm. That would be delicious and hit hundreds of corporations right where it hurts on the P&L sheet. They want to rumble, let’s rumble.
And for any Republican or conservative who can’t come to grips with what is happening, any one of them who doesn’t know what the stakes are or what time it is in American history, hit the road. Your naïvete is a danger to us all.
Corporatism, better known as fascism.
Let’s start with some really high import tariffs. Force them to repatriate industry back here.
For a company like Delta whose bonds are rated Baa3 (one step above junk) by Standard and Poors and B by Moody’s (real junk), it does not seem like a good business idea to alienate your current and future customers by getting involved in Georgia politics regarding election laws.
Corporations Motto
The dollar in mightier than rights
“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945)
They’ve been too big for their britches since SCOTUS ruled that ‘corporations’ are ‘people.’
Yeah, well, so is Soylent Green!
“In the 2010 case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC), the most sweeping expansion of corporate rights yet, the Supreme Court cited Bellotti in its highly controversial 5-4 ruling that political speech by corporations is a form of free speech that is also covered under the First Amendment. In 2014’s Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, another 5-4 ruling by the Court granted the right of closely-held companies, which aren’t traded on the stock market, to file for exemptions to federal laws on religious grounds.”
https://www.history.com/news/14th-amendment-corporate-personhood-made-corporations-into-people
Sometimes this works for ‘We The People’ but History shows it has mainly worked against us, which is par for the course. :(
Trump has shown the Republicans that their future is supporting the little guy, not big business. Spread that loud and clear across the country. Nail the Democrats for backing the elitists and big business. Sure, 90% of corporate donations go to the Dems, but that is small potatoes compared to donations from millions of voters.
The question is, does the Republican leadership understand this dynamic?
I’m not sure if Delta will be hurt in the long run. Most of my conservative friends who swore off the NFL a year ago eventually started watching again.
Your conservative friends are not very conservative or they are very weak.
I swore off the NFL four years ago after 50 years and never looked back.
“The question is, does the Republican leadership understand this dynamic?”
They do, but they’re so ‘disgusted’ by us ‘little people’ that they willing to die as a party, rather than answer our needs.
There are PLENTY of Americans, like Trump, and like 90% of the Republican base, who could step-in and represent a populist Republican Party. The problem is that the Country Club Republicans are fighting tooth-and-nail to keep their stranglehold on the party...but I do think their days are numbers.
Personally, I am trying to do my best to boycott these companies. But boycotting is really not in my nature, so I have tried a different approach. I proactively buy from those that share my values or are apolitical. I prefer the latter, since business should focus on business, not politics. Every moment and every dollar focused on politics increases prices of products and services. I don’t need a business to be a proxy for my politics. I rather lower priced goods.
Look at your budget and how much is spent at the grocery store. Leave the national name brands on the shelf.
They are all woke with few exceptions.
They fund the LEFTIST media.
Its a twofer.
Buy store/local brands.
With what’s in the water today many conservative parents have gay or lgbtqxyz kids and are forced to either love or toss dem. Most that I know assume acceptance and once that occurs you have surrendered.
Stop buying anything made in China and stop buying from Amazon who crushes small businesses, peddles counterfeit items made in China.
And boycott all 100 of these companies whenever possible - would love to see a list of these 100 CEO’s.
“Every penny you give to the Enemy is a penny the Enemy uses to destroy you.” - Andrew Torba, CEO of Gab
The far side calendar tell more about real life Larson sees things clearly.
A lot of the store brands are made by the big companies
BOYCOTT!!!
PING!
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