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Conservatives Have Lost the Culture War (washingtonmonthly.com)

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Republican politicians like Ron DeSantis may rail against “woke” corporations. The reality is that when companies like Nike and Disney—no progressive angels themselves—seem to align with the left by promoting anti-racism and LGBTQ causes, they are catering to the tolerant demographic that matters most to the bottom line. It’s understandable why older conservatives would feel business has left them behind, ranting about supposed lefty strongholds like Blackrock and Disney. But there’s no top-down conspiracy of woke corporations as defined by Tucker Carlson. It’s just capitalism.

This is especially true given the Republican Party’s increasing reliance on far-right religious voters, whose cultural power is also waning rapidly despite recent judicial and legislative wins. Americans are becoming rapidly less affiliated with organized religion. Younger people are markedly less religious than their elders. In 2021, membership in religious organizations fell below majority levels for the first time, and “nones”—those who describe themselves as atheist, agnostic, or nothing specific—now account for around 30 percent of Americans, up from just 9 percent thirty years ago. White evangelical politics is the province of mostly older voters disconnected from the broader culture and economy.

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[-] pingveno@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

This is the case I try to make to people on the left who complain about corporate white washing, or whatever they want to call it. Mainstream corporations feel like it's advantageous to have their symbols out there in pride parades, environmentalist goals, anti-racism, and anti-sexism. Corporations are obligated at a certain level to follow the money, and they have read the signs and chosen to align themselves with these progressive causes. If nothing else, this is a good sign of where the country is headed.

[-] neptune@dmv.social 4 points 11 months ago

Or being Co opted.

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago

I tend to complain about "corporate white washing".

My reason is that companies tend to put themselves out there on issues that are popular on "the left", but specifically on the ones that are edgy but don't affect their bottom line. They might all go "black lives matter", but do any of them go "end prison slave labour"? Or "actually do something effective against climate change so Saharan people don't boil to death"?

The point is not that people don't like corps backing issues. The problem is that corps like to present a happy progressive brand while funnelling money to boil the earth and genocide poor people so that their line continues to go up.

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