The vast majority of large corporations will always lean right, because right wing policy favors their addiction to greed.

This is one of the biggest problems to overcome. Right wing entities/politics and big corp are in a closed circle and can gain a lot of power easily inside that circle. That is all they need.

The left can barely touch them. We can shame them, point out their crimes, hit them with inconsequential regulatory fees but none of that really matters.

There is only one thing that permeates that closed circle. Our patronage. Buying products and services from them. What we do for them feeds that circle and makes everyone inside more powerful.

Withdrawing our patronage will shrink it and they will lose influence.

When they lose influence, other options begin to appear. We begin to realize we have better choices.

Let's not continue to feed big corp.

@the_Effekt Boycotting is a big and powerful thing we can do, but it's not the only thing.
For example, let's take current events in Florida. If Disney makes less money because of the governor's policies, they will fight against those policies, but if they make more money, they will fellate Governor DeSnowflake.
So a boycott is essential, but not sufficient. Human psychology being what it is, the principles that govern the behavior of individuals also apllies to large groups. So when thinking about organizations, corporations, and governments, it's useful to think in terms of inter-personal relationships. If we reduce it to a personal level like that, we can assume the role of that one kid on the playground who got the 2 bullies to fight each other by saying to each of them "Did you hear what he said about you?" This is but one example of the "outside of the box" strategies we need to employ. There are many others.

@ambulocetus Good strategy! Something I didn't think of.

The more people we have brainstorming this kind of thing (rather than just shaming them), the more we can find some kind of multifaceted strategy to work with.

Working with information, technology, media and the rumor mill can be useful. (A lot of this is what Republicans rely on and why they're so effective at it)

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