Woke capitalism comes to Georgia…but not China

The Spectator ^ | 2 Apr 2021 | Stephen Miller

[Rummyfan]

A wave of woke corporatism has been sweeping America. The latest example comes courtesy of CEOs being forced to weigh in on SB-202, a Georgia bill to restructure mechanisms of the state’s voting procedures and laws. Spurred on by President Biden — a man seemingly guided by his Very Online chief of staff, who takes his cues from Twitter hashtag campaigns from the likes of the pedophile-enabling Lincoln Project — celebrities and companies are lining up to demand boycotts of Georgia, labeling the new law inhumane and an abuse of basic human rights.

While appearing on CNBC, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey called SB-202 ‘unacceptable’ and ‘a step backward’. He said the company would work to remedy the legislation, through both public and private advocacy. Quincey was born in the United Kingdom, but as a resident of Atlanta he is certainly welcome to his opinion on SB-202. However his virtue-signaling is surface-level.

In March 2020, a Congressional Executive Commission on human-rights abuses in Xinjiang listed Coca-Cola as a major American company with ties to forced labor camps in the Chinese province. Other companies on the list included Nike, Adidas, Calvin Klein, Campbell’s Soup Company, CostCo, H&M (who has since distanced themselves from China and paid a price for it), Patagonia and Tommy Hilfiger. The report went on to specifically name Coca-Cola’s COFO Tunhe sugar facility in Xinjiang as having direct ties to forced labor. It was reported in the New York Times in November of last year that Coca-Cola was one of the primary companies lobbying against congressional legislation targeting companies who engaged with China’s forced labor policies....

Quincey will likely not have to answer for these corporate hypocrisies while appearing on friendly media outlets who also do not want to see Chinese threats to their valuable media markets.

[Rummyfan]

[Rummyfan]

While appearing on CNBC, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey called SB-202 ‘unacceptable’ and ‘a step backward’.

I hope Quincey's shareholders are happy that he is embracing political activism rather than running the Coca-Cola Company. He should be fired immediately.

BTW MR Quincey... I will never purchase a Coca-Cola product again.

[econjack]

...abuse of basic human rights

What basic human rights are being abused?

[yoe]

No one should force (if you're pregnant) to be vaccinated against your will, nor should you be fired for doing so.

[Midwesterner53]

Part of the outcry is because the Woke crowd is trying to intimidate other states moving towards similar changes in their voting laws. These Stalinists understand that if they can scare other states off that path, they will have succeeded.

[amnestynone]

We on the right actually created the woke corporate state by lowering their taxes. The more we lowered their taxes the more lib they became and the less they needed us. Why is it that the only conservative causes that ever prevail are ones that benefit corporate America? It should be obvious! They are not now and ever have been conservative! We need to raise their taxes not lower them.

[Rummyfan]

...President Biden himself, who struck a harsher tone with the state of Georgia than he and his State Department have over genuine human rights abuses in China? Jen Psaki didn’t have an answer in Friday’s press conference. Biden and his team can whisper in quiet grandpa-voice ‘Jim Crow’ terminology all they want, but until he and his administration begin to strike a stronger tenor on China, he should be wheeled off into the corner of the home and ignored.

[lakecumberlandvet]

Don’t drink coke if you ain’t woke. Drink Pepsi.

[dfwgator]

Pepsi is Woke too.

[jughandle]

Sad part about that is he won’t take the verbal disagreements from the general public, the distributors, sales people, and delivery guys will since they’re the ones now made to represent his political views. Did they have a choice in the matter?

[rb22982]

They are both woke, as is most of corp america these days (top eschelon at least). Water or bourbon for me =)

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In a rambling statement by CEO James Quincey*
check out these postings in http://www.freerepublic.com/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3868414/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3861557/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers.com/3863465/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2863322/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3875857/posts
Most of this is happening in the area where Turkmen (Uigurs) live
who are racially different
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3935438/posts#16
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3947339/posts

[Dilbert San Diego]

The liberal views are:

1. Black folks don’t have an ID.

2. People will die of thirst because they claim you can’t have water bottles as you wait in line to vote.

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

“Things go better with Woke!”