(08-22-2020, 11:04 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(08-22-2020, 08:22 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: At some point, you're going to have to realize there is a culture war going on. The left is using culture to change policies, control the narrative, and, ultimately, usher in a new system of government (if progressives get their way). Businesses are capitulating at a rapid rate. I don't want any American businesses to suffer, but they are adopting leftist talking points because they fear the cultural influence of the left. I have been wondering when there  is going to be a pushback from conservatives. Until people from the opposite side stand up, the left will keep taking ground. Businesses should remain neutral politically, but, so far, they have largely only ever had consequences from the left, so the shift is one directional.

The problem is that the left doesn't rely on boycotts, but institutional power to put pressure on companies. We've all just gotten used to it. I don't think conservatives have ever shown the resolve to boycott in mass numbers or for extended lengths of time. Target is a great example. Americans are far too comfortable and greedy to actually inconvenience themselves to make a stand. They will forget about this in less than a month. The only real threat to business comes from the left and their ability to shape a narrative. Chick-fil-A is one of the few companies that withstood it, and even then they came out of it gun-shy.

For sure, the left is winning the culture war, but it's been going like that for several decades.  Integration, women's rights, the sexual revolution, gay rights, gay marriage, legalization of marijuana, just to name a few.   These are all cultural changes coming from the left, and it's been happening over a long period of time.