You wanna know the why some companies are, supposedly, more left-leaning than others? Well, let me tell you about the difference between a finance capitalist and a domestic capitalist.
A domestic capitalist is only concerned with making as much money from the country or area they are in. They are only interested in operating within the boarders, and thus any protectionist political stances are good to them.
Things like tariffs and hard boarder controls are great, since they do not want to have to compete with international companies providing the same resource for the same money. They also greatly benefit from racist, sexist, and homophobic policies.
The way they benefit is by sowing divisions within the labor force. If they sow these divisions and greatly stigmatize them, then that means they can hire them offer them very little since who else is going to hire them? This also allows them to underpay employees in...
...non-minority divisions in order to stay competitive with the massively underpaid minority groups (i.e. they took our jobs!). This is a massive win-win for the domestic capitalists. You can see this happen with undocumented immigrants. This explains the split on issues like...
...gun ownership. To the domestic capitalist, guns are good because they are a tool of terror that keeps minorities fearful and in check. However, they can immediately make a heal turn when those same minorities start to arm themselves in self defense and ban guns. You can see...
...this all the time with the people the NRA will and will not defend, and with many gun advocacy groups turning against people within their ranks who decide to arm those minorities. One common example is the gun control laws passed in California under Reagan in response to the..
...Black Panthers. They also advocate for less restrictions within their own countries in order to better exploit people.
Now, that I have explained the Koch Brothers and domestic energy industries, what about those finance capitalists?
A finance capitalist is a capitalist that makes money through the global economy rather than the domestic economy. Their wealth depends on the exploitation of people within other countries with laxer labor laws, so they can afford to be a bit more “liberal” with workers rights...
...domestically. To them, tariffs are a bad thing because that is money coming out of their pockets. They also benefit from less strict boarders as it would mean transporting workers around the globe would be a lot easier for them. They don’t really care too much for racist, ...
...sexist, homophobic or any other discriminatory policies, because that would mean they have to limit the scope of who could buy their product. If a group of people has less money, that means they cannot buy from them. They‘re exploitation of other countries allows them to...
...put up a front of care and co-opt rebellious imagery. This also explains their stance on guns too. To them, guns in the hands of the workers are a big threat. If the workers become too conscious, they could potentially try to overthrow them and take control of the...
...means of production. This also can explain why they will be in favor of expanding police overreach. If you haven’t noticed, the discussion has changed to “defund the police,” and yet not one of these companies has eluded to supporting that specific policy. This is because...
...police are necessary to the power they hold. Without police, who will protect them and their property? Also, have you noticed how the term “looting, violence” is in quite a few headlines? Those who think that the big media corporations are in favor of the looting in the...
...protests-turned-riots are pretty blind of are grifting. They have just as much of a reason to not have that happen as the domestic capitalists who control conservative media. They will tell you the “right way to protest” and point to MLK, but will always water down his message
So there you go. The reason why some capitalists advocate for conservative policies and some capitalists advocate for liberal ones. If you want me to expand on anything, let me know.
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