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0 pointsstuckinhell3y ago0 comments

Not really, it's clear demand for Christian stuff in America is huge. Yet the media avoids this like crazy. One of the biggest movies of all time is "The passion of the christ" there.Yet most media in America is highly liberal and arguably anti-christian. It's not about the money clearly, its not about the money.

American Corporations have undergone idealogical capture. There is no other reason Disney risked and lost their self governance by going up against Desantis.

This maybe changing though. My firm is actively beginning to re-evaluate its social activism after 15% layoffs (more layoffs incoming too). The next big phase is regaining our market in the "heartland". I'm in strategic meetings with a lot of executives, that are becoming screaming matches over the direction of the firm.

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chowchowchow3y ago

This isn't a refutation. If the markets for christian stuff and <everything else> are sufficiently disjoint then it can and probably is perfectly rational to choose the bigger <everything else> pie rather than trying to compete for the Christian market. You see "ideological capture," other see the market at work. Somehow I also doubt passing laws in Florida to force Disney to make Mickey Mouse less woke will have the intended effects but it probably feels exciting to you all the same.

To be clear I also think its a bit ridiculous to have Disney operate as a local goverment of a town. But I'd say that if Disney was a feed supply company and not a media/theme park outfit just the same while your (and Ron D's) concern seems to be that "Woke Disney" specifically had that jurisdiction.

stuckinhellOP3y ago

It's idealogical capture. Example: Hallmark doubles down on LGBT content, president splits to create the Great American Channel with pro-christian and anti-lgbt content. The GAC channel is one of the channels with the fastest increase in subscribers.

This is a case study that several researchers we have are actively investigating as we look to buy ads on that network.

chowchowchow3y ago

I don't even understand, if the guy was able to leave and create a new channel to serve this audience how is that an example of what you call ideological capture.

An important part of business is targeting your offering to the intended market -- it sounds like the intended market for Hallmark is not the same as the intended market for Great American Channel. If Hallmark content is so objectionable to its viewership that they lose all their viewers to Great American Channel, surely Hallmark will pivot, or go out of business.

Or do you think Ron Desantis has to pass a law forcing Hallmark to make the kind of content which the Great America Channel shows? Is that your solution here, a command economy for basic cable?

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ghqst3y ago

Disney also employs a lot of LGBTQ employees who were quite understandably really pissed at DeSantis. There's a line to be toed between "public liberal good boy points" for PR and the benefits of self governance, and I think Disney made a decent compromise.

stuckinhellOP3y ago

Its certainly an interesting case study (as someone being trained for an executive position), I think about it a lot.

You are really fucked as an Executive here. You're social activists employees will undermine and subvert you. Florida will use State power against you. Maybe the Federal government might intervene in your space, but they probably won't care.

My conclusion and many executives at my firm is target the social activists for layoffs. I've combed thru so many social media profiles in preparation for next restructuring/layoffs at my firm.

Just can't risk it in the current economy. The general feeling is the economy is going to get worse before it gets better.

ghqst3y ago

This response makes logical sense, but it deepens my hatred of capitalism. Activists who oppose losing their human rights to a proto-fascist governor are silenced by a company because they're getting in the way of profits, the number one priority for any company or individual. Morally terrible.

Yes, I suppose I do sound like a "woke moralist".

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chowchowchow3y ago

stuckinhellOP3y ago

This is a case study that several researchers we have are actively investigating as we look to buy ads on that network.

chowchowchow3y ago

I don't even understand, if the guy was able to leave and create a new channel to serve this audience how is that an example of what you call ideological capture.

Or do you think Ron Desantis has to pass a law forcing Hallmark to make the kind of content which the Great America Channel shows? Is that your solution here, a command economy for basic cable?

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ghqst3y ago

stuckinhellOP3y ago

Its certainly an interesting case study (as someone being trained for an executive position), I think about it a lot.

My conclusion and many executives at my firm is target the social activists for layoffs. I've combed thru so many social media profiles in preparation for next restructuring/layoffs at my firm.

Just can't risk it in the current economy. The general feeling is the economy is going to get worse before it gets better.

ghqst3y ago

Yes, I suppose I do sound like a "woke moralist".

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