by Dr. Michael Brown, New American Prophet, ©2024
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(Jan. 13, 2024) — For many years, I have been predicting a cultural pushback against the radical left, knowing that, at a certain point, people would say, “Enough is enough.”
I have documented this in particular when it comes to transgender activism, with people as diverse as Joe Rogan, Bill Maher, Richard Dawkins, J. K. Rowling, and Martina Navratilova helping to lead the way.
The Bud Light and Target boycotts have now become cautionary tales, reminding us that your average American does not share these extremist ideas.
That’s why many of these same Americans became outraged during COVID when, for the first time, they became aware of the some of the dangerous indoctrination that their children were experiencing at school. They too began to speak up and speak out, adding more fuel to the fire of this growing cultural revolution.
That’s why it was no surprise to see a headline in November 2023 announcing that, “Miss Universe judge reveals bankruptcy likely due to ‘outrage’ over transgender organizer.”
If you’re going to feature “transwomen” in a Miss Universe event, you can expect to see some backlash. And that’s why, despite the mega-success of the movie Barbie, we frequently hear that, from a business perspective, if you go woke you go broke.
This was confirmed by another November 2023 headline stating, “Disney admitted foray into politics, culture wars hurt its bottom line in SEC filing: Jonathan Turley. ‘Disney’s products are now viewed by many conservatives as empty virtue signaling,’ Turley wrote.”
But this was not Turley’s opinion. This was his analysis of Disney’s own annual report which stated that, “the success of our businesses depends on our ability to consistently create compelling content,” and that, “Generally, our revenues and profitability are adversely impacted when our entertainment offerings and products, as well as our methods to make our offerings and products available to consumers, do not achieve sufficient consumer acceptance.”
Put another way, politics, especially radically leftist politics, do not mix well with Mickey Mouse and family entertainment.
Yet the cultural backlash is broader than this, being ideological as well economic (although, as a result of failing ideologies, there will be an economic backlash as well).
Think of the exposing of DEI on our university campuses and in big business.
If you cannot hire the most qualified person for a job and must instead fill a quota, how can you survive, let alone thrive?
In a battle on X between billionaires Mark Cuban and Elon Musk, Cuban wrote (in a lengthy post), “DEI does not mean you don’t [sic] hire on merit. Of course you hire based on merit.
“Diversity – means you expand the possible pool of candidates as widely as you can. Once you have identified the candidates, you HIRE THE PERSON YOU BELIEVE IS THE BEST. . . .
“Even choosing the best basketball player is very much a guess. Which is why the best players weren’t always the first pick in the draft and some go undrafted
“The reality is that most positions hired in a company don’t have a quantitative metric you can use to hire someone.”
To this Musk responded, “Cool, so when should we expect to see a short white/Asian women [sic] on the Mavs?”
Point taken.
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