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This is a perfect example of how liberalism enables fascism - conservatives have managed to frame superficial human decency as "leftist" (or - bad) to the point where catering to them is no longer profitable? Not a problem, corporations just put on their "we care" masks (while the machine underneath is still, in some cases literally, crushing orphans) so now they can firmly milk the liberal (but definitely not leftist) consumer who will gush about how "good an ally" or whatever one brand or another is, while they continue to do business as usual - destroying the planet, exploiting and oppressing workers globally, and funding the states that enable and even support these actions, all to fill the pockets of a room full of people, who already have more money that anyone could spend if they lived a thousand lives, and who will never willingly stop this system that works so well for them (and that will decay in to full blown fascism again and again as they fight for power at our expense).
People think, rightfully, that horseshoe theory is bullshit, but pointing out that both sides (edit to be clear: that is conservatives and liberals, not actual leftists) serve the same master - capitalism, isn't that, it's indisputable fact.
Today I learned that being inclusive and working toward the betterment of all people instead of a privileged elite is fascism.
Wink. What you really learned is, some people will leap on any excuse to bash liberals as if liberal was "bad." It not only isn't bad, it isn't stupid either. I can assure you that liberals are wise enough to see how the bottom line for corporations means putting on a facade of caring - of course they do, because they aren't stupid either. And yes it all serves the goals of capitalism - try finding a workable society where that ISN'T the case. It's not because of liberals not being bright - it's because that's the world that we all live in.
Lmmfao, I don't know who you think you're describing there, but it isn't the democrats.
(edit just to add this quote from the article you chose to include which directly contradicts this clueless statement of yours, and which made me think you had actually posted this article critically: "But there’s no top-down conspiracy of woke corporations as defined by Tucker Carlson. It’s just capitalism." which begs the question - who the fuck do you think capitalism serves? 😂🤦♀️)
The truth might be uncomfortable, and I can understand the knee-jerk reaction to protect your cognitive dissonance, but it's based in wilful ignorance, not reality (in which they serve the literal opposite). Feel free to educate yourself further (don't worry, I won't hold my breath lol) -
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/22/american-democracy-was-never-designed-to-be-democratic-eric-holder-our-unfinished-march-nick-seabrook-one-person-one-vote-jacob-grumbach-laboratories-against-democracy
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/10/14/liberalism-and-fascism-partners-in-crime/
https://truthout.org/articles/fascism-is-possible-not-in-spite-of-liberal-capitalism-but-because-of-it/
https://nyanarchist.wordpress.com/2019/01/23/scratch-a-liberal-a-fascist-bleeds-how-the-so-called-middle-class-has-enabled-oppression-for-centuries/
Good luck with that.