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In response to "Interesting article yesterday that 120 CEOs of large companies got together this weekend to discuss how to fight these voting law changes. " by pmb

I'm troubled by this. I mean, they are on the side of good here, but I'm troubled anyway. -- nm

Posted by ty97 Apr 12 '21, 15:06

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Reverse boycott -- nm - Dano Apr 12, 15:17 1
- also known as a Republican boycott, since they generally buy a bunch of stuff to destroy it. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 15:18
I mean the current system as dictated by Citizens United is a slow moving disaster. But given the facts on the ground, it's better than corps - Reagen Apr 12, 15:09 1
- Yeah, we're on the same page. -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 15:09
Sure, but there is also a reap/sow element to it. -- nm - pmb Apr 12, 15:08 12
- Also, it's interesting to me that in some ways this is a reflection of corporations being more responsive to constituents than politicians. - pmb Apr 12, 15:09 11
  - Different pools of people. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 12, 15:11 10
    - Yes and no. These voting laws are widely unpopular even among republicans. There's a divide between republican politicians and republican voters on - pmb Apr 12, 15:15 6
      - Maybe, but it isn't the Hillbilly Elegy crowd that the corporations are dancing to on this. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 12, 15:36 1
        
        I get your argument, but I don't think they go all in on this if it wasn't for the fact that it's a view shared by the majority of republicans too. - pmb Apr 12, 15:51
      - Saw an interesting graph today that Jim Crow laws took out 30% of white voters at the same time. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 15:17 3
        
        Republicans are perfectly happy to disenfranchise Republicans as long as the get more Democrats. -- nm - mafic Apr 12, 15:51
        
        These would likely do the same. Some have expressed concern they might hurt themselves more than they help, but I don't think so. - pmb Apr 12, 15:24
        
        The GOP doesn't much like poor white people either. -- nm - . Apr 12, 15:23
    - as an aside, I actually defended Winnipeg the other day at work. Prairie solidarity I guess - Reagen Apr 12, 15:13 2
      - What was the context of the defence? "How do people live there?" -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 12, 15:34 1
        
        "There's nothing to do there and everyone gets murdered" -- nm* - Reagen Apr 12, 15:51

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