- Disney shareholders rejected anti-DEI proposal on Thursday.
- A conservative think tank proposed that Disney stop participating in the Corporate Equality Index.
- Shareholders for Apple and Costco previously rejected similar proposals.
Conservatives have been worshipping on the altar of Shareholder Value since the 80’s.
Guess what? These shareholders just told us all what they value. Think Conservatives will accept it?
worshipping on the altar of Shareholder Value since the 80’s.
Thanks, Milton Friedman…
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dint disney rollback some of DEI initiatives at least for a show, and introduced a “fully outed christian”
Fuck this shit, now I gotta be pro Disney too? I’d gotten so used to hating them. They grew on me a little back when they stood up against DeSantis in Florida too.
I miss the days when we could just love/hate corporations based on their business practices instead of culture war bullshit.
It’s always more complicated than the binary. Disney might be getting DEI but still forces creators to censor out any LGBT references in their shows, or cancel them if they do them anyway. They still are anti union and work people to the bone.
If you want it simple, no corporation is your friend, ever. They are there simply to take your money, without regard for scruples, and any form of morality they seem to be acting on is either because it will make them more money or it is illegal and not cost effective to break the law.
It’s still a good sign the shareholders have some sense in this specific case, but make no mistake, Disney doesn’t care about anything other than money.
i heard they were trying to promote christian inclusivity, by adding one of them in the shows. we know what happens when a show just caters to christians, it ruins the show.
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They have met their fundamental duty as an organization led by human beings who can and should be held to moral standards.
I despise their behavior with copyright but here they’ve earned the right to not get the “caved to fascists” boycott
Is it a boycott if you just refuse to buy from a company because all of their products are shit?
Nah, its just more proof that this think tank is shit at making money. Disney doesn’t have morals, but it does have a very profitable “princess” marketing strategy. This think tank didn’t really read the room very well.
Conservative think tanks don’t exist to make money or spread prosperity, they exist to find justifications to enact conservative policies
Well, now I wonder what benefits they could offer a for profit company. Why would anyone even meet with them?
It’s almost like there were nuances to almost everything instead of the world being neatly divisible into good and bad.
It’s a shame that it’s only the companies with more money than God that feel comfortable standing up for their values. The Felon will attack anyone who disagrees with them, and while everyone gets mad about nobody standing up to him - that’s not exactly a zero risk scenario for most. But for these hundred billion and trillion dollar companies, they know they can defend themselves just fine.
They’re still a massive company that’s way bigger than it should be and could be considered a monopoly.
This is like rooting for the villain. Ok, whatever … Disney is cool again.
None of these companies actually care. They will go woke until it sends them broke.
Tesla is woke?
Who said anything about Tesla?
Tesla is going broke, so, according to you, Tesla became woke, right?
How the hell did you draw that kind of logic, are you ok dude? 😂
Any decent company should be pro-DEI. Bare minimum if you ask me.
They will role ever sooner or later. Fuck them, never stop hating.
It does not even make sense for Disney to be anti-DEI if their target audience is the entire world!
Probably because they realise that all the companies that ditched DEI have been doing significantly worse. Almost like it’s something people want.
No suprise there. A large portion of Disney’s viewers are girls and minorities. You know, those dreaded DEI folk.
and disney also have “virtue signalling” for LGBTQ+ for a couple decades already. harder to divorce from that. ALso children is thier money maker too.
This is not about “DEI” it’s about marketing and demographic, in short economic interest, personally i wouldn’t throw them flowers.
You are right, but also, I think it’s okay to take the small victories where they are. They shouldn’t have to be applauded for doing the bare minimum, but when this bare minimum is a big middle finger to the administration I’ll look the other way
I agree but in my opinion the truth should still be spoken.
I agree, but in the right circumstances. Posting it here in the comment section is one thing, we’re discussing their actions. But some people (not you, necessarily) will take it a step further and go bully a company when they take a good step because the step wasn’t big/good enough. We gotta positively reinforce good behavior
Indeed, I’m just quite cynical when it comes to Disney due to their recent lobbying of homophobic politicians, but yeah, right now everything is better than the other options…
As someone who actually works on real stuff, it’s insane to me that for some people, they go to work and have high-level conversations revolving around things such as this.
Disney is still a fraud and a fake. The Disney magic.
Nah, fuck disney. Won’t forget their “say no gay” policy. Also, a lot of their “woke” coded content is awful. It feels written by inexperienced writers. It’s not genuine and comes across as pandering.
Like damn bro. Timon and Pumba were gay, social outcasts and raised a child together. That shit felt real. Not the stereotype gay l, but just normal… well “normal” characters.
The new stuff doesn’t seem to have that. To the point that it feels as though they wanted their work to flop on it.
Kinda has that vibe Sandy from Spongebob had. At first, she was just a normal whacky character. Then Nickelodeon wanted more girl representation and Sandy became pretty much flawless. She wasn’t the butt of the joke anymore, while the other characters stayed that way. It made her seem less part of the gang. Unequal to the rest. She became unfun.
So many of the female characters seem flawless and yet unlikable. From star wars series, to the new disney movies. Where is our Katara from Avatar? Where is our Valerie from Danny Phantom? Where are the characters with character?
