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After Occupy Wallstreet, big banks and companies realized they could redirect the heat ("eat the rich", mock guillotines etc.) they were taking from the left el
by llanowarelves 4y ago
After Occupy Wallstreet, big banks and companies realized they could redirect the heat ("eat the rich", mock guillotines etc.) they were taking from the left elsewhere by taking up such vocabulary, heaping praise on feminism, LGBT, POC, etc. and other corporate social justice. It seems to have worked.
How can someone be bad if they are speaking nicely about, advertising, and helping these groups? They can't.
And most recently, SBF (someone with experience doing it) confirmed this with his DMs about how you're expected to say these things to stay on good terms.
And this is not even getting into the revolving door between industry and regulation, which may be the real story, but the above providing social cover, backed by media as PR.