Posted on 03/01/2023 7:12:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Thanks to rampant leftism, the business of America is no longer business but is, instead, selling woke ideology to bring about corporate socialism (i.e., fascism). Because the biggest corporations are on board with that agenda, the effect on conservative values and conservatives themselves has been devastating. However, it’s entirely possible that the bad economy (which they aggressively helped institute) will be their undoing.
Justin Haskins, the Socialism Research Director at The Heartland Institute, took to Fox News to identify the 51 biggest companies advancing leftism and to offer ways to counter their influence.
The information Haskins offers summarizes the 1792 Exchange’s Spotlight Report, which examined over 1,000 companies “to determine the likelihood a company will cancel a contract or client, or boycott, divest, or deny services based on views or beliefs.” Obviously, any corporation with its management in thrall to the climate change agenda, Black Lives Matter, Critical Race Theory, or gun control will end up on that list.
Image: The Mall of America by Tyler Vigen. CC BY 4.0.
It turns out that this type of corporate wokeness appears across all American industries: From banks to transportation to retail giants to food and beverage companies. The banking industry, Haskins writes, is especially pernicious because it controls the flow of money:
For example, Bank of America vets its vendors based on their commitment to LGBTQ views, and it has ceased lending with some gun manufacturers.
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The 1792 Exchange identified 21 "High Risk" banks: Ally Financial, Amalgamated Bank, Bank of America, Berkshire Bank, BMO Harris, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Eastern Bank, Fifth Third Bank, First Republic Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, PNC, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank, TD Bank, Bancorp, Trillium Asset Management, Truist, US Bank, and Wells Fargo.
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The Entertainment Giants aside, The major retail giants are also pushing leftism. We’ve seen it with Target, which has been in the forefront of Gay Pride for decades, but it may surprise you to learn that Walmart and Home Depot are also using their economic power to push leftist policies. “For example, 1792 Exchange notes Home Depot ‘advertised flyers to its employees about confronting their ‘white privilege, Christian privilege, heterosexual privilege, able-bodied privilege,’ etc.’”
The leftist madness continues with food and beverage companies. We already knew about Ben & Jerry’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, and Kellogg’s (with a history of weird progressivism spanning more than 100 years), but you probably didn’t know that McDonald’s and JM Smucker were also on the leftist bandwagon. Again, they sell their products to everyone but use their profits to advance leftist political goals.
I was under the impression than Home Depot was more conservative than most. Bernard Marcus has consistently donated to right of center causes.
Was really bummed to see Chewy listed as high risk since we order often from them. What’s confusing is Petsmart, who owns Chewy, is listed at medium risk.
Ally Financial, Amalgamated Bank, Bank of America, Berkshire Bank, BMO Harris, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Eastern Bank, Fifth Third Bank, First Republic Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, PNC, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank, TD Bank, Bancorp, Trillium Asset Management, Truist, US Bank, and Wells Fargo.
Transportation
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and XPO Logistics.
Retail
Best Buy, Home Depot, Kohl’s, Lululemon, Macy’s, Madewell, Target and Walmart. The online retailers included in the report as "High Risk" are Alibaba, Amazon, Chewy, eBay, Etsy, Shopify and Warby Parker.
Food and Beverage
Altria, Ben & Jerry’s, Cargill, Coca-Cola, HelloFresh, Kellogg’s, McDonald’s, PepsiCo, Starbucks and the JM Smucker Company.
Will’s Law: All organizations not specifically founded and vigorously defended as right wing will eventually become left wing.
I’m glad Jet Blue and Delta are not on the list. I fly with them often.
Today, it's sad to say that nothing surprises me.
He is no longer an officer but much of his wealth is in HD stock.
Most of his charitable giving, which is huge, is to conservative causes or ones that most of us would approve.
I haven’t used banks for the last 35 years credit unions are under stricter rules then banks about how they handle the money.
Banks are to quick to invest in flash in the pan deals
Will have to review more in depth, I’m planning on switching from high risk AT&T to medium risk T-Mobile this month.
You might want to have a look at Patriot Mobile. They advertise on many conservative radio programs including the shows of Mark Levin, Sean Hamburg and TheBlaze.
From Home Depot’s DEI page, June 2020
MESSAGE FROM CRAIG MENEAR – RACIAL EQUALITY & JUSTICE FOR ALL
So, maybe leaning a little left of center /s
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