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So why the damn should social conservatives care about the 'free market' then?

Fusionism, the idea that social conservatism and free-market libertarianism went hand in hand, was one of the biggest cons of the century. Corporations stabbed social conservatives in the back when they decided to embrace woke values. Neoliberals got everything out of the arrangement, and conservatives got nothing.

Social conservatism in fact is better served by economic populism, as neoliberalism erodes the traditional family and manufacturing jobs. But yet social conservatives still provided the rank and file manpower of the GOP, because they thought that whilst the GOP helped big business, at least they also helped preserve traditional values. A major reason why Bush won in 2004 was the grassroots push from social conservatives to stop gay marriage, which of course the GOP leadership didn't care about, and utterly and pathetically capitulated on.

I want the GOP to do as much damage to woke corporations as possible. They betrayed their side of the deal to millions of (often not very well off) conservative voters, who still loyally voted for the same candidates as them because they believed that woke ideology would be kept at bay.

Corporations need to be made to realize something very clear: despite the constant 'right side of history' smug taunts from their woke left employees, and people posing as impartial market researchers, that deliberately insulting, belittling, and humiliating social conservatives can do real, lasting damage.

Anheuser-Busch needs to be made an example of, that once you insult socially conservative voters, they will not forget it.

The level of state attack on woke businesses, and the ESG regime and HR departments that promote it, should be so utterly crippling, that not a single one will DARE even CONSIDER becoming woke again.

And if that makes me a socialist? Fine. Better economic leftism than cultural leftism.

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