I disagree that we live in a capitalist system, the lobbying you mention in your post clearly points to that. Companies do what works better for them, which me

I disagree that we live in a capitalist system, the lobbying you mention in your post clearly points to that. Companies do what works better for them, which means: - Earn money - Retain employees Political discussions will definitely make some employees feel uncomfortable or unwelcome (unless you have an entirely homogeneous company). This is deeply unfortunate and troubling (I blame education and the media for people incapacity to have a discussions without feeling triggered) but it's today polarised reality. Preventing or discouraging polarising discussions on the private properties of the company sounds like a sensible choice. Political moves from the company will definitely have some trade-offs but have less of an impact on employees. This is not zero (I remember some Google or Amazon employees leaving over their company's political choices) but it's far less common.