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Would boycotting a woke company’s primary product end its “wokeness”?
Posted on 8/17/22 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 8/17/22 at 1:23 pm
Imagine if every OMB supporter boycotted Coca-Cola for a week. Just a week. Would the financial impact be meaningful enough for Coca-Cola & other companies to take notice & reevaluate their support of left-wing culture?
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Posted on 8/17/22 at 1:25 pm to CalDawg
Probably not (see Dicks).....I highly recommend doing it tho.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 1:38 pm to CalDawg
No but we should do it anyway, if for no other reason than unity and morale
But it should be something smaller than Coke with a clearly defined purpose instead of a broad based one, like the aforementioned Dick's for their open advocacy of abortion despite being funded by normal and largely conservative American families.
And the goal should be to break them and put them out of business, not to reevaluate a given stance. And we need to be prepared to help the employees effected land elsewhere, although that wouldn't be a serious problem in the current environment.
But it should be something smaller than Coke with a clearly defined purpose instead of a broad based one, like the aforementioned Dick's for their open advocacy of abortion despite being funded by normal and largely conservative American families.
And the goal should be to break them and put them out of business, not to reevaluate a given stance. And we need to be prepared to help the employees effected land elsewhere, although that wouldn't be a serious problem in the current environment.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 1:40 pm to CalDawg
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Would boycotting a woke company’s primary product end its “wokeness”?
No, they are controlled by debt holders, backers, and loan people on that level...
(State St, Blackrock, Vanguard, etc.)
If, big IF, everyone quit their stuff, these people running everything would just extend corporate debt, as they are the ones demanding woke shift.
NFL, Coke, others are doing as they're told.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 1:46 pm to CalDawg
I get the feeling that Netflix backed off some of their most egregious projects as a result of market pressure.
I’m all for boycots. I’ve purged my house from as many Disney products as possible (But I just reminded myself that I need to find an alternative to Hulu.)
I’m all for boycots. I’ve purged my house from as many Disney products as possible (But I just reminded myself that I need to find an alternative to Hulu.)
Posted on 8/17/22 at 1:58 pm to CalDawg
Disney is/has become the worst performing stock in the S&P 500 because it put wokeness above it's core principles, so consumers forgoing their products/content has a real effect.
Activist investors are now pushing Disney for major restructuring of content, changing management and spinning off major losers (e.g. ESPN) because of the rapid decline.
Disney tried to spin their announcement they'll need to add commercials to PAID streaming accounts as a success, when it's really a sign they can't sustain the service profitably (similar to Netflix's decline and recent price increase.) It's the same reason ESPN+ is in a death spiral, Clay Travis wrote about it's failure in detail on Outkick.
Putting politics above your core business is a loser every time it's tried, see Nike, NBA and NFL engagement in last ~2 years.
Activist investors are now pushing Disney for major restructuring of content, changing management and spinning off major losers (e.g. ESPN) because of the rapid decline.
Disney tried to spin their announcement they'll need to add commercials to PAID streaming accounts as a success, when it's really a sign they can't sustain the service profitably (similar to Netflix's decline and recent price increase.) It's the same reason ESPN+ is in a death spiral, Clay Travis wrote about it's failure in detail on Outkick.
Putting politics above your core business is a loser every time it's tried, see Nike, NBA and NFL engagement in last ~2 years.
This post was edited on 8/17/22 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:00 pm to CalDawg
We can't even get guys to stop watching a football game.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:03 pm to jaytothen
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We can't even get guys to stop watching a football game.
Not true... I gave up very good season tickets (Football, Softball, Basketball, and Baseball) because some of the woke crap UA was pulling...
Not saying I won't watch a college game if I am at home and nothing else is going on but I don't watch 1/3 as many games as I once did...
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:04 pm to jaytothen
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We can't even get guys to stop watching a football game.
Most of my friends only watch college football and never watch NFL anymore. College games are much less woke than NFL.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:04 pm to CalDawg
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Would boycotting a woke company’s primary product end its “wokeness”?
No.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:05 pm to Zach
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Most of my friends only watch college football and never watch NFL anymore. College games are much less woke than NFL.
The trend of elevating the individual athletes over the schools at all costs is going to change that trend. CFB will not be around in two decades.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:08 pm to jaytothen
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We can't even get guys to stop watching a football game.
Well this shows the challenge, but it's also not something anyone is going to feel very connected to. How do you know when you're having success? What's the rest of the country doing?
Whereas if you do it to the business down the street, you'll more readily see the impact. And it'll be harder to obfuscate the reason for the trouble.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:09 pm to jaytothen
Can't even get people to get off Facebook and they helped buy the drop boxes.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:09 pm to Wtodd
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Probably not (see Dicks).....I highly recommend doing it tho.
And Target, Nike, etc...see Chick-fil-a (most notable, I'm sure there are more) on the left.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:19 pm to CalDawg
I noticed that Gillette blocked replies on Twitter. They were getting hammered on every tweet they made following the toxic masculinity commercial.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:20 pm to KingofthePoint
Gillette probably did feel it, although I'm sure they were able to bury it under a bunch of other circumstantial variables
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:28 pm to jaytothen
My household hasn’t watched an NFL game in probably 3 years. Not even a Superbowl.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:32 pm to CalDawg
I think so. It may take a while, but the bottom line for a business is money and if they take a serious financial hit they will have to change things. They will do it quietly, but I think they will do it. We’ll see if Hollywood get the message that’s being sent with the woke movies bombing.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:34 pm to CalDawg
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Would boycotting a woke company’s primary product end its “wokeness”?
No
But pulling your investment dollars from funds that support he ESG bullshite would do it
Most on the Right won't do this though as it might cost them money
Posted on 8/17/22 at 2:37 pm to CalDawg
I don’t think it would.
This woke bullshite is all related to ESG idiocy invented by a bunch of globalists who want to boss everyone around.
ESG permits these large businesses to access $$$
Insurance companies don’t make money on your insurance premiums. They make $$$ on investing your premiums.
Car companies don’t make $$$ selling you cars. They make money financing your car.
The subscription model of everything means that these assholes will try to control you.
I fricking hate big business. Don’t trust a one of ‘em.
This woke bullshite is all related to ESG idiocy invented by a bunch of globalists who want to boss everyone around.
ESG permits these large businesses to access $$$
Insurance companies don’t make money on your insurance premiums. They make $$$ on investing your premiums.
Car companies don’t make $$$ selling you cars. They make money financing your car.
The subscription model of everything means that these assholes will try to control you.
I fricking hate big business. Don’t trust a one of ‘em.
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