Rainbow capitalism is still exploitive capitalism
Sounds like the Human Rights Campaign organization is crap if they just hand out good ratings regardless even if the reviewed corp donated to anti-lgbtq politicians.
HRC is nothing but gatekeepers for the DNC. They are garbage.
I’m going to my city’s Pride parade tomorrow, Verizon will have a booth there as a “silver level” sponsor, I think I’ll stop and give them a piece of my mind.
If you do, please know that it is possible the people at the booth are just low level employees with no say in the corporate policy and while these companies do deserve your ire, these individuals don’t deserve you yelling or screaming. By all means let them know your opinion and tell them that version is not welcome at the parade, but don’t attack or harass the employees.
This is was bound to happen once corporate interests started showing up. They don’t care about the people they simply want their $$.
More people need to use the Goods Unite Us app! Check this example:
This sounds awesome! But is there anything similar that is Open Source by any chance?
I’m unaware of any at the moment.
You can do manual research by auditing companies and reading articles.
Shares location, collects other data, no data deletion. I really like the idea of the app, just not the lack* of privacy.
Yeah that is my sticking point of the app as well. I have submitted feedback asking for more privacy.
Not trying to side with businesses (Yuck) but was it about other issues where these politicians were pro business? I mean if you are trying to avoid antigay politicians… you might run the risk of missing out on the majority who have significant power to sway policy making…
Any company that would trade the dignity of a group of people for their own profits doesn’t deserve my patronage.
My point is its difficult to change the system without participating in it… short of tearing it down
Good luck in the real world
Edit: it appears I am the only one that hasn’t researched every single company I interact with. I would appreciate it if you all share your list of approved companies.
Oh wait…
We hope to see you there once you finish middle school!
Good one, quite original
A lack or originality begets a lack of originality. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If you want an original response, don’t use an unoriginal insult in the first place lmao
Good luck in the real world
We hope to see you there once you finish middle school!
Edit: get rid of your victim complex while you’re at it too. It won’t do you any good in the real world.
Been doing fine for quite a few years already, thanks
Even barring actual harm done against the queer community, there really should be a requirement that companies using pride flags for advertising contribute in some way to LGBTQ+ organizations. Otherwise all it will ever mean is: “we’ll take your money.”
I think you’re going to have to use trademarks for this.
Start a non-profit group promoting queer community rights, create a trademarkable logo (maybe a rainbow flag could be used, or you might need more unique symbology) and then you can license that logo only to companies that do actually support the cause.
The gays need to go Susan G. Komen on the rainbow flag. Trademark it and sue the hell out of anyone that doesn’t “lease the rights to display the flag outside of a place of business”.
AT&T $63,050 $581,500 $625,000 $1,269,550 Altria $36,000 $252,000 $937,471 $1,225,471 Comcast $26,000 $413,000 $785,000 $1,224,000 Charter Communications $26,350 $321,500 $717,200 $1,101,050 CVS $17,250 $127,000 $935,235 $1,079,485 UnitedHealth Group $40,750 $188,000 $800,000 $1,028,750 Pfizer $23,950 $223,000 $752,120 $999,070 Walmart $14,500 $280,500 $670,000 $965,000 General Motors $18,250 $206,800 $670,000 $894,250 Home Depot $0 $407,500 $450,000 $857,500 Google $0 $158,000 $570,000 $728,000 Deloitte $12,500 $365,500 $301,000 $679,000 Amazon $31,500 $170,500 $475,635 $677,635 UPS $15,000 $481,500 $100,000 $596,500 Microsoft $2,000 $180,500 $400,000 $582,500 Visa $0 $211,000 $350,000 $561,000 Eli Lilly and Company $25,000 $155,000 $332,500 $512,500 Aflac $0 $352,000 $100,950 $452,950 Blue Cross Blue Shield $0 $222,650 $225,500 $448,150 T-Mobile $3,450 $237,000 $200,950 $441,400 Boeing $2,000 $384,000 $0 $386,000 Verizon $0 $321,000 $0 $321,000 Delta Air Lines $0 $205,000 $105,500 $310,500 FedEx $22,500 $24,000 $0 $46,500 Dell $0 $209,000 $0 $209,000```Why is it legal for them to donate money to policymakers? I don’t understand how we just allow lobbying like this. It is a root of corruption! It overrides the will of the people through buying an politicians vote on an issue.
because citizens united allows for corporate personhood, giving them all the benefits of citizenry, with none of the obligations.
I remember them saying it was the death of democracy. I remember saying 2010 was the last real election. And then before we knew it, dark money super PAC hell. This court hasn’t been legitimate in a long time.
Business is business…
It’s more profitable to be LGBT+ friendly. Doesn’t mean they agree with it.
Trendy business…
It’s most profitable to have both sides in your pockets apparently
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