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The average American would likely say the industry is left-leaning or far-left. I don’t believe there’s an actual right shift, it’s part messaging, part self-i
by ungreased0675 2y ago
The average American would likely say the industry is left-leaning or far-left.
I don’t believe there’s an actual right shift, it’s part messaging, part self-interest, part pandering. The government has a lot of ways to make life difficult for large businesses. Best to suck up a little now to avoid unpleasantness the next four years.
- cruzcampo 2y agoI'm not American and I believe the average American is right-leaning or far-right.
- EA-3167 2y ago...Then how could you possibly have entertained illusions that one of the country's biggest industries was a genuine outlier? Not that I agree with your assessment in the first place, but assuming it's true then you should have seen this coming. More realistically the only ideology in business is profit, and the rest is noise used to advertise to customers or prospective talent, investors, and so on. They're windsocks, they aren't the wind.
- ThrowawayR2 2y agoHe's not that far off the mark unfortunately. From a detailed post-election analysis by David Shor posted on HN a few weeks ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43400172 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43400172): "... Fundamentally, 40 percent of the country identifies as conservative. Roughly 40 percent is moderate, 20 percent is liberal, though it depends exactly how you ask it. Sometimes it’s 25 percent liberal. ..."
- rexpop 2y agoWould you mind expanding on "suck up" and "unpleasantness"? Something I can Google?