• ameancow@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    The left gets to see headlines like this that seem devastating and they pump their fists in satisfaction.

    The right pumps their fist as they see their own set of headlines that describe a totally different narrative, that despite facing unfair backlash, that the “woke mob” has been dealt a blow and has learned that Disney isn’t going to ignore the dangerous and violent rhetoric that the late night grifters spew.

    Either way, Disney has calculated all of this, and their numbers will be back to normal within six months or higher because of the trending of their brand names. The average, uninvolved median voter and comfortable liberal will snuff a noise of amusement at the whole thing before firing up their Disney+ subscription to catch the latest round of Star Wars slop this fall.

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      11 hours ago

      Just because a company had deep pockets doesn’t mean they don’t care about losses. Being a publicly traded company does drive their behavior to some degree. It only 1 news report to make them lose investors.

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      13 hours ago

      Maybe, but maybe not. Consumers haven’t forgiven Target even months after the fact, and their sales are still way down. People are pissed given everything going on now.

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        6 hours ago

        Target was already in a really tight spot, their prices are too high and their products too specialized for an economy teetering on free-fall, and they’re not exactly offering the broad-appeal staple products like Walmart, which usually have locations literally across the street from Target.

        Larger brands rarely budge and if they do, it’s not exactly a lasting social impact. I maintain that you can do a lot more as an individual simply by spending less broadly. Companies only cave to public backlash when they’re desperate, so we all need to do a lot more to make them desperate. Spend less on luxuries and entertainment, cut back or quit vices, learn to go without the latest games, movies and electronics and keep your money out of credit companies so they stop feeding off us. We built this monster, we need to starve it. (Also, again, the economy is close to collapse, good idea to start stuffing your mattresses.)