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‘Woke’ U.S. Companies Relearn An Old Lesson: Profits Before Politics
I & I ^ | May 27, 2022 | I & I Editorial Board

Posted on 05/27/2022 7:48:34 AM PDT by Hojczyk

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To: MercyFlush

Ive heard of Jeremy’s and will check it out however I was blessed with a fairly hairless body so I still have enough dollar shave club blades to carry me through most of the summer. Lol


21 posted on 05/27/2022 9:11:01 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: bigfootbob

Just canceled my Harry’s sub. They sent out an email offering to remove comments about father’s day.. because apparently that is somehow triggering and harmful. I didn’t see an email about any other day.


22 posted on 05/27/2022 9:12:38 AM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: MercyFlush

Great video BTW.


23 posted on 05/27/2022 9:13:11 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: V_TWIN

I understand. I’m a fan of the two-blade Gillette Sensor and bought a box full (200+) from the local CVS when they were taking them off the shelf.

90% off. Couldn’t refuse the deal.

I’ll probably be dead before I need to buy another blade.


24 posted on 05/27/2022 9:13:41 AM PDT by MercyFlush (☭☭☭ The Soviet Empire is right now doing a dead cat bounce. ☭☭☭)
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To: Hojczyk

Hard to give up the convenience of Amazon. Is Walmart WOKE?


25 posted on 05/27/2022 9:14:15 AM PDT by GAgal
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To: lgjhn23

Any business model that alienates half of your potential customer base is doomed to failure


26 posted on 05/27/2022 9:15:24 AM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: Hojczyk

” foray into identity politics through a partnership with a group called The Gender Cool Project”

It is the hundreds of activist termites like this “Gender Cool Project” that terrorize, though threats of blackmail, these companies into doing their bidding.

Most CEOs of these companies have no spine (or principles other than the bottom line) and would rather not have to put up with mobs protesting in front of their headquarters and all the resulting bad publicity, so they quickly cave.

And the left has been much better at scaring them into supporting their agenda than we on the right.

So, to get these corporations to see things our way (and to supply those CEOs with some backbone), we have to threaten them with even more pain than what the left can dish out.

Hitting their bottom line is definitely part of it, and providing strong moral and public support for those who have the courage to stand up to the woke terrorists goes a long way too.


27 posted on 05/27/2022 9:35:48 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Hojczyk
In recent years, a rash of companies suddenly discovered a new “woke” identity, taking sides with the left in America’s ongoing cultural civil war.

How did this happen? Simple. Every company in America these days is forced to hire a "Chief Diversity Officer" (typically a minority female) in order to have a "boardroom that looks like America" as Leftists are demanding.

They bring nothing to the bottom line, know nothing about running a business or generating a profit, and have nothing to do except enforce woke diktats and come up with horrible ideas.

28 posted on 05/27/2022 9:40:48 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Hojczyk

We never went to Disney world(too expensive) but did drink Coke....no more!!!!


29 posted on 05/27/2022 10:15:30 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Hojczyk

Jake the pedophile from State Farm wants to call your kids at 3am 🤪


30 posted on 05/27/2022 10:16:08 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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I use State Farm. I sent a copy of the first article in with my payment-—directly to him-—marked “WHAT ?????”

Got a personal call that all had been reversed & that the person responsible apparently hadn’t vetted that group very well. I asked “Where is that guy working NEXT WEEK?”

This area is quite Conservative & he did admit that his phone was blowing up.


31 posted on 05/27/2022 10:46:47 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: PeterPrinciple

I agree with the gentleman completely. I don’t “get” the whole social responsibility thing. I’ve filled out more than one survey for my electric company, for example, that their responsibility is to provide reliable electricity. Period.

Let businesses take care of business, employees do their jobs, and everybody do their volunteer work and feel-good stuff on their own time.


32 posted on 05/27/2022 11:23:48 AM PDT by susannah59 ( )
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To: V_TWIN
I recently kicked dollar shave club to the curb after many years of being a customer....I discovered they donate heavily to blm.

Lookee here:

Jeremy’s Razors: The Greatest Commercial Ever

33 posted on 05/27/2022 12:49:22 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Government is the problem.” --Milton Friedman)
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To: aquila48

CEOs need to form a consortium across the country to hire an army of crisis actors that can move from one city to another, just like the leftists do, to COUNTERPROTEST any lefty demos in front of their buildings. Should pay for itself in no time.


34 posted on 05/27/2022 12:59:13 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Government is the problem.” --Milton Friedman)
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To: ontap
We never went to Disney world(too expensive) but did drink Coke....no more!!!!


35 posted on 05/27/2022 1:00:52 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Government is the problem.” --Milton Friedman)
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To: Albion Wilde

Yep, saw that.

When it’s time to pick up new shave gear that’s where I’m going.


36 posted on 05/27/2022 1:03:44 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: susannah59

I don’t “get” the whole social responsibility thing.


I would propose it is the Peter Principle. They are not competent in their job so they try to be competent in something that has NOTHING to do with their job.


37 posted on 05/27/2022 2:35:24 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: V_TWIN

Sorry to have piled on. Should have read the thread first. Seems that many have been impressed by his “no BS” ad. Hope it’s true, and an excellent product.


38 posted on 05/27/2022 2:36:55 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Government is the problem.” --Milton Friedman)
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To: Albion Wilde

No prob.

Can’t believe I was giving $$ to dollar shave club so long....shoulda suspected they were woke since they’re based in crazyfornia.


39 posted on 05/27/2022 2:55:33 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: Albion Wilde

That would be a good idea. Though the propaganda organs would lambaste them for doing that... “collusion”, you know.

But I agree, for them to get a collective backbone they need to organize and support each other (and we on the right should give them our vocal support and business).

When you’re just the lone ranger and a mob of terrorists comes after you and you have no support, it’s not surprising that you would fold.


40 posted on 05/27/2022 8:57:51 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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