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I don't like this trend of financial providers issuing moral judgement, de-banking people, and more either. I'm pro-BLM but learning Silicon Valley Bank gave B
by stuckinhell 4y ago
I don't like this trend of financial providers issuing moral judgement, de-banking people, and more either.
I'm pro-BLM but learning Silicon Valley Bank gave BLM millions of dollars before it collapsed rubs me the wrong way.
I need my banks and financial institutions to do their primary job first and foremost. I'm getting to the point where DIE marketing is become a signal of poor upper management trying to hide failures.
- yokem55 4y agoThere is an interesting investigation into that claim written up on Talking Points Memo - https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-quick-look-at-the-lying-trumpist-liars-behind-that-database-on-corprate-giving-to-blm https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-quick-look-at-the-lyi... Basically the Claremont Institute tallied up announcements of corporate charity that went to anything related to racial minorities, and called that "giving to BLM and supporting riots."
- stuckinhell 4y agoThe core point still stands, why are they giving ANY money to charity at all ?
- yokem55 4y agoWhy does anyone give money to charity? Usually because they want to support the cause.
- stuckinhell 4y agoGiving money to charity while your business fails doesn't make sense
- zhte415 4y agohttps://www.marketwatch.com/story/no-silicon-valley-bank-did-not-donate-more-than-73-million-to-black-lives-matter-95e08b3 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/no-silicon-valley-bank-did...