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Our Corporate Masters?
Townhall.com ^ | April 15, 2021 | Derek Hunter

Posted on 04/15/2021 4:26:38 AM PDT by Kaslin

The efficiency with which the left can open a book to the same page and read along together in unison is amazing, a testament to the hive mind progressives share. Whatever the cause, no matter the issue, the amen chorus can always be counted on to be at the ready with whatever narrative-enforcing talking points they’ve been provided with. It’s part of the reason they succeed so often. Now that it has infected left-wing corporate America, it will hopefully be their downfall.

“More than 120 CEOs, top executives and other corporate leaders gathered virtually over the weekend to discuss how they would exert corporate pressure to influence voting legislation,” reported the New York Post Monday.

“Woke” CEOs and wealthy liberals gathered together to consolidate their power against states interested in protecting the integrity of the vote. That’s not how it's framed by the media, but that’s how it really is. Democrats always insist the right to vote is sacrosanct, which makes it odd that even minimal measures to ensure the integrity of the vote is protected are denounced as “Jim Crow 2.0!” If they believe it’s as important as they say, why shouldn’t it be protected?

They don’t have a good answer because there isn’t one.

On the call were the CEOs of United, Delta, and American Airlines, Levi Strauss, LinkedIn, various investment firms, Walmart, and General Motors. Then there was James Murdoch and wife Kathryn Murdoch. If that last name sounds familiar it’s because James Murdoch is the son of Rupert Murdoch, they guy who owns Fox News.

What does a guy whose major accomplishment in life is to have been born to a wealthy businessman have to do with corporate CEOs and state voting laws? Nothing. They’re activists, left-wing activists who likely despise everything you care about. They have more money than they know what to do with, thanks to Fox News and Rupert’s other companies, which frees them up to be professional virtue-signalers.

The lesser-Murdochs have become quite the left-wing celebrities, as you might expect for people who can be used as a tool by the left to attack their father, and therefore Fox. They do quite a lot of that on their own, too, naturally. They fund literal liberal disinformation organizations while accusing conservative media of “spreading disinformation.” Kathryn has even teamed up with fellow familial ingrate Prince Harry and Katie Couric for “a six-month study on the state of American misinformation and disinformation.” Maybe their investigation should start at a mirror?

It’s not just the Murdochs, the whole lot of them aren’t remotely interested in reality when it comes to voting laws. Will Smith is producing some movie for Apple about slavery that was to be filmed in Georgia. They’ve now moved production to Louisiana to protest the “voter suppression” law. Only problem is Louisiana, by these leftist’s own standards, has stricter voting laws than Georgia’s new rules. Louisiana “requires voter ID, has fewer days of early voting, and does not allow no-excuse absentee voting.” Goodbye Jim Crow 2.0, hello Jim Crow 3.0!

These leftists hate us and our ideals – our faith, our rights – we exist wrong to them. Why should we continue to fund our own defeat?

I never understood the idea of forcing a baker to bake a cake. If someone didn’t want to cook for me for whatever reason, I sure as hell wouldn’t want to eat something they were forced to make for me. Would you trust it? And would you even want to eat something someone who “doesn’t like” or “doesn’t approve” of you made under duress? No, you wouldn’t. You likely wouldn’t even want to patronize their business. They don’t like you, so why would you want to give them your money?

You only ever hear of something like this when it comes to Christian bakers, usually that poor guy in Colorado leftists are seeking to destroy. But corporate America made it clear this week that they’re on the side of the mob. I’d bet dollars to donuts none of the people in that meeting could answer five basic questions about voting laws in Georgia or any other state. The left says “jump,” and they answer “how high?”

They want to be our corporate masters, and they want us to fund it all. No thank you.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: corpamerica; jamesmurdoch; leftism; voting

1 posted on 04/15/2021 4:26:38 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Welcome to “Rollerball”, a story where corporate city-states rule the world.


2 posted on 04/15/2021 4:32:07 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Kaslin

Welcome to “Rollerball”, a story where corporate city-states rule the world.


3 posted on 04/15/2021 4:32:19 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Kaslin

“The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.”

― Vladimir Ilich Lenin

The Left today hates corporations, and hates rich people. And billionaires like Gates and Zuckerberg, and big businesses like Coke and sports franchises are all on board. They’ve all got rope to sell and they’re really pleased that BLM wants to buy so much of it.


4 posted on 04/15/2021 4:32:26 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: Kaslin

Groupthink: A detrimental psychological condition and practice of reasoning or decision-making by a group, characterized by uncritical acceptance or conformity to prevailing points of view.


5 posted on 04/15/2021 4:34:25 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Kaslin
"We are The Borg. You will be assimilated."


6 posted on 04/15/2021 4:47:58 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: Kaslin

The Vampire Economy- Gunter Reimann
It’s all about power and money.


7 posted on 04/15/2021 4:49:26 AM PDT by griswold3
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To: Kaslin

They are Mitchell Layton from ‘The Fountainhead’ - no need to take their opinions as being based on any deep understanding.


8 posted on 04/15/2021 4:52:33 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Terry L Smith

Fire them. They will lose your IRA or other retirement investments by 1. Infation or 2. Stupid decisions evonmically or 3. Total currency change because of total government change.
The people lose their investments. These CEOs are not usually owners. They need to try working in the third world for a while. Maybe learn to respect the American tradition of work and money going together. A good name father to be chosen than great wealth.


9 posted on 04/15/2021 4:53:24 AM PDT by KDF48 (Redeemed by Christ.)
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To: Terry L Smith

John-a-thon!
John-a-thon!


10 posted on 04/15/2021 5:05:01 AM PDT by BuddhaBrown (Path to enlightenment: Four right turns, then go straight until you see the Light!)
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To: Kaslin

https://www.scribd.com/document/502713561/Michigan-CEO-Executive-Chairman-Joint-Statement-on-Voting-Rights

And more companies to ban/ boycott, right Freepers?

Fast running out of companies to do business with...


11 posted on 04/15/2021 5:14:09 AM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: Kaslin

Citizens United:

President Obama said the high court had “given a green light to a new stampede of special interest money in our politics.”

Obama pledged to “work immediately” with Congress to develop a “forceful response.”

“The public interest requires nothing less,” Obama said.

In other words, corporations should have no say in politics unless it agrees with the party in power.

There is your fascism on display, folks! It is here today.

The Republic has been put into checkmate.


12 posted on 04/15/2021 5:19:43 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: Kaslin

These are the corporate CEOs hoping to clean up on the Blacks’ “reparation” dollars.


13 posted on 04/15/2021 5:22:17 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Freeper ban list here:

https://blackeconomicalliance.org/app/uploads/2021/04/voting-rights-ad2-1234249601132.pdf


14 posted on 04/15/2021 5:26:44 AM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: Kaslin

Many of those companies I already don’t patronize.

Garage sales, estate sales, and thrift shops are great places to pick up used stuff without patronizing someone who is out to destroy me.


15 posted on 04/15/2021 5:40:28 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.)
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To: metmom

Garage sales, estate sales, and thrift shops are great places to pick up used stuff without patronizing someone who is out to destroy me.

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True for some things. Other than model trains, don’t know what else I would ever need from a garage sale, estate sale or a thift shop.

Financial services, entertainment, online shopping? Hell, most of the big box stores and retailers are on that list as well... all of the global credit card processors except UnionPay (commie) are on that list as well.

Don’t think I’ll be buying my annual laptop or desktop upgrade at MyPillow.com...


16 posted on 04/15/2021 5:56:15 AM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: Starcitizen

I know! Where on earth can we shop now? For people who have a budget of some kind, it’s hard to avoid Walmart and Amazon. Now that inflation is rising, it’s going to get even harder.


17 posted on 04/15/2021 7:04:44 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:9)
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