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I wonder why companies and their CEOs take more political stands than they used to. The conventional wisdom was to stay out of politics to avoid alienating half
by Bostonian 4y ago
I wonder why companies and their CEOs take more political stands than they used to. The conventional wisdom was to stay out of politics to avoid alienating half your customer base. Was that wrong?
- bediger4000 4y agoI can think of 2 things: 1. Maybe it doesn't matter to alienate some percentage, if that percentage doesn't buy your products. 2. Musk is an outlier. His companies may take a hit, but he's imperious enough that he doesn't care. He also doesn't have a mass market company except for Tesla. See (1) above for why that might not matter.